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Spectator is an artist too : how we look at art, how we behave around art / Johan Idema ; foreword by Erik Kessels ; editor, John Loughlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Idema, Johan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art museum visitors.
- Museum techniques.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : BIS Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- Is there anything more entertaining, inspiring and instructive than observing art? Yes, it is watching the people interacting with this art. This book may forever change your approach to art as it urges you to always consider both the work and the response. Because ultimately artists create, but we - the audience - complete the picture.0'A Spectator is an Artist Too' is a visual essay about human behaviour around art: what happens when we are confronted with something immensely beautiful, challenging, or puzzling? Art historians only study objects, but how these objects are received is also worthy of our attention.The book also captures how art museums are changing, as they draw increasingly diverse audiences. The way the museum visitors responds to art is becoming more casual and creative - but also more swift or even banal. This shift is increased by a whole new breed of Instagram-friendly 'museums' worldwide, attracting experience-hungry visitors with immersive exhibitions defined by their Instagrammability.
- Contents:
- A risky act: introduction
- Artwork meets spectator : why art shines the most in presence of observers
- Creative contact : actively engaging with an artwork
- Take a picture : the museum as a photo opportunity
- A sensual approach : experiencing art with more than our gaze
- Playing the artist : how spectators create as well
- What art mirrors : discovering relationships between art and its audience
- Intellectual pleasure : do museumgoers work hard enough?
- Spectator activism : revolting against the museum
- New formats : when art is presented differently
- Relevant today : how spectators make art topical (again).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 906369590X
- 9789063695903
- OCLC:
- 1153486132
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