Models of integrity : art and law in post-sixties America / Joan Kee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kee, Joan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and art--United States--History--20th century.

Law and art.

Law and art--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.

Artists--United States--History--20th century.

Artists.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Models of Integrity discusses the history of the relationship between contemporary art and the law through the lens of integrity. From the late 1960s, artists engaged conspicuously with ideas, rituals, or documents of the law--an institution subject to intense moral and political scrutiny, yet whose primacy in the social infrastructure made it a widely recognized source of authority to audiences both in and out of the art world. These engagements with law were frequently undertaken in ways that signaled a recuperation of integrity compromised by the very institutions supposedly entrusted with establishing standards of just conduct. Having integrity also meant conveying to audiences the social purpose of an artwork without overstating its political impact or losing sight of how aesthetic decisions might compel audiences to see their everyday world differently"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Partners in advocacy: the artist's reserved rights transfer and sale agreement

Circling the law : Christo and Jeanne-Claude's running fence

Claims for defiance : Gordon Matta-Clark's domains

Radical obedience : Tehching Hsieh's one year performances

Arts of disengagement : Sally Mann's "immediate family"

Double embodiments : Felix Gonzalez-Torres's certificates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kee, Joan. Models of integrity.

ISBN:

9780520299382

0520299388

9780520299399

0520299396

OCLC:

1048015941