Art and the City: Worlding the Discussion through a Critical Artscape (Routledge Critical Studies in Urbanism and the City)

Synopsis

Artistic practices have long been disturbing the relationships between art and space. They have challenged the boundaries of performer/spectator, of public/private, introduced intervention and installation, ephemerality and performance, and constantly sought out new modes of distressing expectations about what is construed as art. But when we expand the world in which we look at art, how does this change our understanding of critical artistic practice? This book presents a global perspective on the relationship between art and the city. International and leading scholars and artists themselves present critical theory and practice of contemporary art as a politicised force. It extends thinking on contemporary arts practices in the urban and political context of protest and social resilience and offers the prism of a ‘critical artscape’ in which to view the urgent interaction of arts and the urban politic. The global appeal of the book is established through the general topic as well as the specific chapters, which are geographically, socially, politically and professionally varied. Contributing authors come from many different institutional and anti-institutional perspectives from across the world. This will be valuable reading for those interested in cultural geography, urban geography and urban culture, as well as contemporary art theorists, practitioners and policymakers.

Copyright:

2017

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781315303017

Related ISBNs:

9781315303031, 9781138346437, 9781138346437, 9781138236219, 9781138236219

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/18/19

Copyrighted By:

Jason Luger, Julie Ren

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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