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DesignArt
Alex Coles
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Description for DesignArt
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For well over a hundred years certain artists have blurred the distinction between 'art' and 'design', creating works for which Alex Coles has coined the term 'DesignArt'. In a pioneering study of this dynamic area of art-making, he traces its course from the early twentieth century to the present day, when such works have become a dominant feature of the contemporary art scene and are pervasive in key international exhibitions and biennials. From Matisse's plush interior for Rockefeller's town house to the playful contemporary environments created by Jorge Pardo; from the paintings of Bridget Riley appropriated by the fashion world ... Read more
For well over a hundred years certain artists have blurred the distinction between 'art' and 'design', creating works for which Alex Coles has coined the term 'DesignArt'. In a pioneering study of this dynamic area of art-making, he traces its course from the early twentieth century to the present day, when such works have become a dominant feature of the contemporary art scene and are pervasive in key international exhibitions and biennials. From Matisse's plush interior for Rockefeller's town house to the playful contemporary environments created by Jorge Pardo; from the paintings of Bridget Riley appropriated by the fashion world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854375209
SKU
V9781854375209
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Ref
99-15
About Alex Coles
Alex Coles is an art critic and lecturer. His criticism appears regularly in Art Monthly, Frieze, and Parachute, and his edited books include Site-Specificity: The Ethnographic Turn and Mark Dion: Archaeology.
Reviews for DesignArt
"'Interesting and ambitious... identifies a serious and significant development within contemporary art. I could imagine it as recommended reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses' - David Batchelor, Royal College of Art, London 'Significant and timely. I see the book as recommended reading for courses in contemporary art... Certainly of international interest. Excellent.' - Barry Schwabsky, European Reviews Editor, ArtForum"