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Public Knowledge
Selected Writings by Michael Asher
Buch von Michael Asher
Sprache: Englisch

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Writings by the conceptual artist Michael Asher—including notes, proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most published here for the first time.

The California conceptual artist Michael Asher (1943-2012) was known for rigorous site specificity and pioneering institutional critique. His decades of teaching at CalArts influenced generations of artists. Much of Asher's artistic practice was devoted to creating works that had no lasting material presence and often responded to the material, social, or ideological context of a situation. Because most of Asher's artworks have ceased to exist, his writings about them have special significance. Public Knowledge collects writings by Asher about his work—including preliminary notes and ideas, project proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most of which have never been previously published.

Asher gave few interviews, didn't write art criticism, and rarely published extensive accounts of his own work. Yet writing was central to his artistic practice, serving as a tool for working out ideas, negotiating institutional parameters, and describing thought processes. In these texts, he considers writing and documentation, discusses artistic practice, offers notes for gallery and museum talks, presents artist statements for exhibition-goers, describes individual works and their situational context, and reflects on teaching and art education. Among other things, Asher provides his definition of site specificity, addresses the function of art in public space, and analyzes the intersection of teaching art and institutional models of education. Readers will see an artist at work, formulating ethical and political strategies for making art in a situational world.

Writings by the conceptual artist Michael Asher—including notes, proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most published here for the first time.

The California conceptual artist Michael Asher (1943-2012) was known for rigorous site specificity and pioneering institutional critique. His decades of teaching at CalArts influenced generations of artists. Much of Asher's artistic practice was devoted to creating works that had no lasting material presence and often responded to the material, social, or ideological context of a situation. Because most of Asher's artworks have ceased to exist, his writings about them have special significance. Public Knowledge collects writings by Asher about his work—including preliminary notes and ideas, project proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most of which have never been previously published.

Asher gave few interviews, didn't write art criticism, and rarely published extensive accounts of his own work. Yet writing was central to his artistic practice, serving as a tool for working out ideas, negotiating institutional parameters, and describing thought processes. In these texts, he considers writing and documentation, discusses artistic practice, offers notes for gallery and museum talks, presents artist statements for exhibition-goers, describes individual works and their situational context, and reflects on teaching and art education. Among other things, Asher provides his definition of site specificity, addresses the function of art in public space, and analyzes the intersection of teaching art and institutional models of education. Readers will see an artist at work, formulating ethical and political strategies for making art in a situational world.

Über den Autor
Michael Asher; edited by Kirsi Peltomäki
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262042673
ISBN-10: 0262042673
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Asher, Michael
Redaktion: Peltomaki, Kirsi
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 235 x 187 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Asher
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2019
Gewicht: 0,678 kg
preigu-id: 121090505
Über den Autor
Michael Asher; edited by Kirsi Peltomäki
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780262042673
ISBN-10: 0262042673
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Asher, Michael
Redaktion: Peltomaki, Kirsi
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Maße: 235 x 187 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Asher
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.10.2019
Gewicht: 0,678 kg
preigu-id: 121090505
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