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OverviewPart of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . ...this volume persuasively argues that there can be an aesthetics to ethics. - Stan Douglas, Artist The boundary of a contemporary art object or project is no longer thought of solely in physical terms but rather in relation to the specific social field it creates. Art is thus increasingly implicated in questions of ethics. This collection evaluates the relation of ethics to aesthetics, an encounter central to the contested space of much recent practice. It brings together theoretical foundations for an ethics of aesthetics; appraisals of art that engages with ethical issues; statements and examples of methodologies adopted by a diverse range of artists; and examination of artworks that question the ethical conditions in which contemporary art is produced and experienced. Artists surveyed include: Michael Asher, Tania Bruguera, Christoph Büchel, Merlin Carpenter, Paul Chan, Lygia Clark, Dexter Sinister, Fischli & Weiss, Andrea Fraser, Liam Gillick, David Hammons, Sharon Hayes, Thomas Hirschhorn, Khaled Hourani, Martin Kippenberger, Sharon Lockhart, Renzo Martens, Hélio Oiticica, Seth Price, Walid Raad, Martha Rosler, Tino Sehgal, Santiago Sierra, Wolfgang Tillmans and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Writers include: Giorgio Agamben, Ariella Azoulay, Alain Badiou, Roland Barthes, Claire Bishop, Nicolas Bourriaud, Simon Critchley, Keller Easterling, Isabelle Graw, Jean-François Lyotard, Scorched Earth, Susan Sontag, Hito Steyerl, Triple Candie, Jan Verwoert and Eyal Weizman. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walead BeshtyPublisher: Whitechapel Gallery Imprint: Whitechapel Gallery Weight: 0.550kg ISBN: 9780854882359ISBN 10: 0854882359 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 23 February 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction; Locating Ethics, Situating Aesthetics; To Criticize or to Intervene; To Produce or to Refuse; To Represent, to Mediate or to Deceive; Biographical Notes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements.Reviews'Aesthetics are not necessarily ethical - something can be beautiful and at the same time evil - but this volume persuasively argues that there can be an aestheticism of ethics. Once the fiction of artistic autonomy has been abandoned and an artwork's network of relationships to the world becomes clear, a new aesthetic 'feeling' is possible: one that is as palpable and pervasive as the sublime.' - Stan Douglas Artist. Author InformationWalead Beshty is a British-born artist and writer based in Los Angeles. He is a regular contributor to Texte zur Kunst and Afterall, and is Associate Professor at Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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