Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by Bishop, Claire
Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by Bishop, Claire

Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

This searing critique of participatory art--from its development to its political ambitions--is "an essential title for contemporary...
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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by Bishop, Claire

Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

BD$52.55
Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by Bishop, Claire

Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

BD$52.55
Author: Claire Bishop
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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This searing critique of participatory art--from its development to its political ambitions--is "an essential title for contemporary art history scholars and students as well as anyone who has . . . thought, 'Now that's art!' or 'That's art?'" (Library Journal)

Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of expression are numerous, ranging from art historians such as Grant Kester, curators such as Nicolas Bourriaud and Nato Thompson, to performance theorists such as Shannon Jackson.

Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as "social practice." Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic. This itinerary takes in Futurism and Dada; the Situationist International; Happenings in Eastern Europe, Argentina and Paris; the 1970s Community Arts Movement; and the Artists Placement Group. It concludes with a discussion of long-term educational projects by contemporary artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Tania Bruguera, Pawel Althamer and Paul Chan.

Since her controversial essay in Artforum in 2006, Claire Bishop has been one of the few to challenge the political and aesthetic ambitions of participatory art. In Artificial Hells, she not only scrutinizes the emancipatory claims made for these projects, but also provides an alternative to the ethical (rather than artistic) criteria invited by such artworks. Artificial Hells calls for a less prescriptive approach to art and politics, and for more compelling, troubling, and bolder forms of participatory art and criticism.

Author: Claire Bishop
Publisher: Verso
Published: 07/24/2012
Pages: 390
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781844676903


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/18/2012 pg. 53
Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 91
Choice 04/01/2013

About the Author
Claire Bishop is Associate Professor in the History of Art department at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York. She is the author of Installation Art: A Critical History; Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship; and editor of Participation. in 2008 she co-curated the exhibition "Double Agent" at the ICA. She is a regular contributor to Artforum, October, Tate Etc, IDEA, and other international art magazines.
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