From Diversion to Subversion

Informationen zum Autor David J. Getsy is Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Chair in Art History and Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Klappentext Games and play occupied a central, if misunderstood, role in modern art in the twentieth century. Many art-historical narratives have downplayed the ways in which artists returned to play and to games as analogues to art practice, as metaphors for creativity, or as models for art criticism. The essays collected in this volume investigate the fundamental importance of supposedly nonserious activity and attend to the ways in which artists used play and games in order to reconsider their practice and to expand their critical strategies. With subjects ranging from early-twentieth-century manifestations of games and play in Surrealism, Duchamp, Picasso, and Bauhaus photography to their repercussions in Fluxus, performance, public practice, and new media, these essays establish the diversity and potential of games and play and point toward an alternate trajectory in the development of modern art. Zusammenfassung Examines the wide-ranging influence of games and play on the development of modern art in the twentieth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David J Getsy, David J. Getsy
• Con la collaborazione di: David J. Getsy (Editore), David J. (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Getsy (Editore), Goldabelle McComb Finn Distinguished Professor of Art History David J (Art Institute of Chicago) Getsy (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9780271037035
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03703-5
• Serie: Refiguring Modernism; Refiguring Modernism
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie