29%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press)
James Voorhies
€ 41.99
€ 29.70
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 73 color illus., 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ8; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 22. .
The rise of the exhibition as critical form and artistic medium, from Robert Smithson's antimodernist non-sites in 1968 to today's institutional gravitation toward the participatory. In 1968, Robert Smithson reacted to Michael Fried's influential essay Art and Objecthood with a series of works called non-sites. While Fried described the spectator's connection with a work of art as a momentary visual engagement, Smithson's non-sites asked spectators to do something more: to take time looking, walking, seeing, reading, and thinking about the combination of objects, images, and texts installed in a gallery. In Beyond Objecthood, James Voorhies ... Read more
The rise of the exhibition as critical form and artistic medium, from Robert Smithson's antimodernist non-sites in 1968 to today's institutional gravitation toward the participatory. In 1968, Robert Smithson reacted to Michael Fried's influential essay Art and Objecthood with a series of works called non-sites. While Fried described the spectator's connection with a work of art as a momentary visual engagement, Smithson's non-sites asked spectators to do something more: to take time looking, walking, seeing, reading, and thinking about the combination of objects, images, and texts installed in a gallery. In Beyond Objecthood, James Voorhies ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262035521
SKU
V9780262035521
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About James Voorhies
James Voorhies is a curator and art historian of modern and contemporary art. He is Dean of Fine Arts and Associate Professor at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Reviews for Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press)