Words to Be Looked At: Language in 1960s Art

by Liz Kotz

Book Overview

A critical study of the use of language and the proliferation of text in 1960s art and experimental music, with close examinations of works by Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, John Cage, Douglas Huebler, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, La Monte Young, and others.

Language has been a primary element in visual art since the 1960s--in the form of printed texts, painted signs, words on the wall, recorded speech, and more. In Words to Be Looked At,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514036
• ISBN13: 9780262514033
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher