Public artopia : art in public space in question / Martin Zebracki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zebracki, Martin, 1984-

Series:

Pallas Proefschriften

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public art spaces.

Public art.

Public spaces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Pallas Publications, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides further insight into the interrelationships between artwork, public space and beholder. Public art has been a burgeoning phenomenon across cities in the Western world since the late 1940's. Various axioms have been produced about what public art 'does' to people in certain places and times. These axioms mainly originate from those who produce public artworks and those who are involved in public art's enabling institutional and cultural policy contexts. Until now, public art has hardly been problematised from a geographical perspective. On top of that, little is known about

Contents:

Public Artopia: Art in Public Space in Question; Contents; Chapter 1 Introducing geographies of public art: Interrelationships between artwork, public space and beholder; Chapter 2 Deconstructing public artopia: Situating public- art claims within practice; Chapter 3 Does cultural policy matter in public-art production?The Netherlands and Flanders compared,1945-present; Chapter 4 Beyond public artopia: Public art as perceived by its publics; Chapter 5 Engaging geographies of public art: Indwellers, the'Butt Plug Gnome' and their locale

Chapter 6 Synthesising geographies of public art: Conclusions and discussion Publiek kunstbeeld: Kunst in de openbare ruimte in kwestie Nederlandstaligesamenvatting van hoofdresultaten; References; Vita

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-178).

ISBN:

1-280-66709-5

9786613644022

90-485-1678-1

OCLC:

811490873