The one and the many : contemporary collaborative art in a global context / Grant H. Kester.

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Kester, Grant H [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.Description: x, 309 p., [8] p. of plates : Ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmContent type:

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9780822349723
9780822349877

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709.051

Summary: "Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many, Grant H. Kester provides an overveiw of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world, such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Superflex, Francis Alys, and Santiago Sierra, to the less-publicized projects of groups, such as Park Fiction in Hamburg, Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts in Myanmar, Ala Plastica in Argentina, Huit Facettes in Senegal, and Dialogue in central India. The work of these groups often overlaps with the activities of NGOs, activists, and urban planners. Kester argues that these parallels are symptomatic of an important transition in contemporary art practice, as conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are being redefined and renegotiated. He describes a shift from a concept of art as something envisioned beforehand by the artists and placed before the viewer, to the concept of art as a process of reciprocal creative labor. The One and Many presents a critical framework that addresses the new forms of agency and identity mobilized by the process of collaborative production."-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	709.051 KES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010498		Hadji Athena - Art History & Curation

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-293) and index.

"Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many, Grant H. Kester provides an overveiw of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world, such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Superflex, Francis Alys, and Santiago Sierra, to the less-publicized projects of groups, such as Park Fiction in Hamburg, Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts in Myanmar, Ala Plastica in Argentina, Huit Facettes in Senegal, and Dialogue in central India. The work of these groups often overlaps with the activities of NGOs, activists, and urban planners. Kester argues that these parallels are symptomatic of an important transition in contemporary art practice, as conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are being redefined and renegotiated. He describes a shift from a concept of art as something envisioned beforehand by the artists and placed before the viewer, to the concept of art as a process of reciprocal creative labor. The One and Many presents a critical framework that addresses the new forms of agency and identity mobilized by the process of collaborative production."-- Publisher's description.