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Relational Aesthetics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bourriaud, Nicolas, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art criticism.
- Critical theory.
- Performance art.
- Public art.
- Sociology.
- Genre:
- Discursive works
- Critical Writing.
- Essay Collection.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified], Les presses du réel, 2020.
- Summary:
- "First English edition in 2002; eBook edition published in 2020. Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art since the 1990s. Where does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Nicolas Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach towards contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists' works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts: an aesthetic of the inter-human, of the encounter; of proximity, of resisting social formatting. The aim of his essay is to produce the tools to enable us to understand the evolution of today's art. We meet Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Louis Althusser, Rirkrit Tiravanija or Félix Guattari, along with most of today's practising creative personalities."-- provided by distributor.
- Notes:
- Archived and cataloged by Library Stack
- Standard Copyright.
- Description from resource landing page (Library Stack, viewed on 09/29/2025).
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