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How to Do Things with Art The Meaning of Art's Performativity

Paperback • 2010 • English

How to Do Things with Art The Meaning of Art's Performativity

By Dorothea von Hantelmann

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About the book

"At the heart of “How to Do Things with Art” lies the question of art's relevance to society. How does art become politically or socially significant? This book attempts to answer this question on a theoretical level, and to indicate, through the analysis of works by James Coleman, Daniel Buren, Jeff Koons, and Tino Seghal, how artists can create and shape social relevance; in other words, to provide what could be called a pragmatic understanding of art's societal impact. The title of the book i...Show more

Paintings and painting
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ISBN

9783037641040

Publisher

Distributed Art Pub Incorporated

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

How to Do Things with Art The Meaning of Art's Performativity

Format

Paperback

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