Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art by Widrich, Mechtild

Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art

A man selling kebabs in the shadow of a papier mâché tree; a woman standing with a...
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Author: Mechtild Widrich
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Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art by Widrich, Mechtild

Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art

$271.80

Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art

$271.80
Author: Mechtild Widrich
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A man selling kebabs in the shadow of a papier mâché tree; a woman standing with a small stage built around her breasts while people wait their turn to touch them; another woman projecting snapshots of Belgrade with the official buildings painted out: what do these events have in common? All are works of public art. And all take a cue from the fugitive art of performance. The most forceful monuments of the last few decades, whether built to last on national malls or flashed as signs of protest, were in fact designed by performance artists.

This book argues for the conceptual significance of performance, and of a performative model of art, to the revival of the public monument in the wake of the Second World War and the partition of Europe. Through detailed studies of artists working along these ideological fault lines, including Valie Export, Günter Brus, Marina Abramovic, Sanja Ivekovic, Joseph Beuys, Jochen Gerz and Santiago Sierra, it argues that it is not the subjective, anti-authoritarian rhetoric of performance that makes it public art, but its power to build social bonds both personal and political. Readers interested in contemporary art, politics, photography and performance theory will find in this book new facts and arguments concerning their interrelation.


Author: Mechtild Widrich
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 05/31/2014
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780719091636


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1302

About the Author

Mechtild Widrich is Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of Vienna

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