Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art

Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art / Anna Dezeuze.

Presents a short history of artworks at risk of passing unnoticed because they look like trash, or are little more than commonplace objects and fleeting gestures that disappear into the fabric of everyday life.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dezeuze, Anna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Series:Rethinking art's histories.
Subjects:
Art, Modern.
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
Art, Modern
Kunst
Unsicherheit
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Almost nothing; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: almost nothing; Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958-71; 1 Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age; 2 'At the point of imperceptibility'; 3 'Good-for-nothing'; Part II: The light years, 1991-2009; 4 Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity'; 5 Futility and precarity; Postscript: on the humanism of precarious works; Select bibliography; Index

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