Death of the artist : art world dissidents and their alternative identities / Nicola McCartney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCartney, Nicola, author, interviewer.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

International library of modern and contemporary art ; 26.

International library of modern and contemporary art ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists--Interviews.

Artists.

Artists--20th century.

Artists--21st century.

Authorship.

Dissenters, Artistic.

Identity (Philosophical concept) in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Other Title:

Art world dissidents and their alternative identities

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"There exists a series of contemporary artists who continually defy the traditional role of the artist/author, including Art & Language, Guerrilla Girls, Bob and Roberta Smith, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Lucky PDF. In Death of the Artist, Nicola McCartney explores their work and uses previously unpublished interviews to provoke a vital and nuanced discussion about contemporary artistic authorship. How do emerging artists navigate intellectual property or work collectively and share the recognition? How might a pseudonym aid 'artivism'? Most strikingly, she demonstrates how an alternative identity can challenge the art market and is symptomatic of greater cultural and political rebellion. As such, this book exposes the art world's financially incentivised infrastructures, but also examines how they might be reshaped from within. In an age of cuts to arts funding and forced self-promotion, this offers an important analysis of the pressing need for the artistic community to construct new ways to reinvent itself and incite fresh responses to its work."--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction

Parodies of the self : surrealism and ambivalent authorship in 'Rrose Sélavy' and 'Claude Cahun'

Collective practice : art & language and Lucky PDF, interview : socio-art & the art of interaction : James Early of Lucky PDF interviewed by Nicola McCartney on 9 May 2013

Anonymity and feminism : Guerrilla Girls, interview : feminist avengers : Guerrilla Girls interviewed by Nicola McCartney on 14 August 2013

Pseudonyms : Bob and Roberta Smith, interview : art mythologies : Bob and Roberta Smith interviewed by Nicola McCartney on 18 February 2013

Performance and collaboration : 'No, I'm Spartacus' ... Chetwynd!

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.

ISBN:

9781784534158

1784534153

9781788315821

1788315820

9781786724724

1786724723

9781786734723

1786734729

OCLC:

1162765663