Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Reviews""Shows a profound understanding of the subject and originality of approach. Rather than being a bland survey, it is critical and breaks new interpretative ground both of the phenomenon of installation art in general and particular works.."" -Margaret Iversen, University of Essex "An essential purchase and recommended reading for courses in contemporary art and post-war art (I would certainly set it in the courses I teach) . . . an important contribution to the field.."" -Michael Newman, The Art Institute of Chicago
Dewey Decimal709/.04
Table Of Content1. Introduction: Installation Art and Experience 2. Chapter 1 - The Dream Scene. Kabakov, Surrealism, Kaprow, Thek, Broodthaers, Meireles, Hamilton, Schneider, Nelson 3. Chapter 2 - Heightened Perception Höller, Minimalism, Irwin, Asher, Acconci, Nauman, Graham, Eliasson 4. Chapter 3 - Mimetic Engulfment Turrell, Kusama, Samaras, Wilson, Smithson, Cardiff 5. Chapter 4 - Activated Spectatorship Beuys, Oiticica, Group Material, Gonzales-Torres, Tiravanija, Sierra, Hirschhorn 6. Conclusion
SynopsisInstallation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. Installation Art provides the first clear account of the rise of installation as a form while revisiting and, in some cases, reassessing many well-known names of post-1960 art. This lavishly produced volume also introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention. Artists featured include Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Judy Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, Group Material, Isaac Julien, Ilya Kabakov, Yayoi Kusama, Cildo Meireles, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Bill Viola, and many others., Installation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. Installation Artprovides the first clear account of the rise of installation as a form while revisiting and, in some cases, reassessing many well-known names of post-1960 art. This lavishly produced volume also introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention. Artists featured include Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Judy Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, Group Material, Isaac Julien, Ilya Kabakov, Yayoi Kusama, Cildo Meireles, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Bill Viola, and many others., Installation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. "Installation Art provides the first clear account of the rise of installation as a form. While revisiting and, in some cases, reassessing many well-known names of post-1960 art. The lavishly produced volume also introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention. Artists featured include Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, July Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, Group Material, Isaac Julien, llya Kabakov, Yayoi Kusama, Cildo Meireles, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, Bill Viola, and many others., The first clear account of the rise of installation as a form, this book revisits and reassesses many well-known names of post-1960 art, and introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention.
LC Classification NumberN6494.I56