Double act : art and comedy / David Campbell, Mark Durden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, David, 1957- author.

Durden, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Bluecoat Gallery, host institution.

Metropolitan Arts Centre (Belfast, Northern Ireland), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Wit and humor in art--Exhibitions.

Wit and humor in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

116 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Bluecoat, 2016.

Summary:

The joke has a healthy disrespect for structures and categories. When allied with art it can become a very unruly and volatile impulse. 0Humour is a way of binding people together: providing consolation, a sense of shared experience and a powerful weapon of resistance. But, what we find funny can also be cruel, hateful, establishing symbolic boundaries that divide people into distinct groups, setting those with power against those without. 'Double Act' draws together artists from diverse cultural and political contexts, each sharing an interest in humour as a resource to animate their art practice and to connect with an audience. This well-illustrated book provides a lively, original and humorous discussion of comic artworks by both established and emerging artists, including Paul McCarthy, Pilvi Takala, Keith Coventry, Jonathan Monk, Sarah Lucas, Richard Wentworth, Erwin Wurm, Richard Prince, Bruce Nauman, Alex Bag, and Cory Arcangel. 00Exhibition: Bluecoat, Liverpool, United Kingdom (09.04.-19.06.2016) / MAC, Belfast, United Kingdom (06.05.-31.07.2016).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Bluecoat, Liverpool, 9th April-19th June 2016; and at MAC, Belfast, 6th May-31st July 2016.

ISBN:

9780953899654

0953899659

OCLC:

965609644