The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art

by Martha Buskirk

Book Overview

An exploration of transformations in the nature of the art object and artistic authorship in the last four decades.

In this book, Martha Buskirk addresses the interesting fact that since the early 1960s, almost anything can and has been called art. Among other practices, contemporary artists have employed mass-produced elements, impermanent materials, and appropriated imagery, have incorporated performance and video, and have created works...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524422
• ISBN13: 9780262524421
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher