Art beyond Itself

Canclini Nestor Garcia Canclini Garcia, Frye David Frye

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First published in Spanish in 2010, Art beyond Itself is Nestor Garcia Canclini's deft assessment of contemporary art. The renowned cultural critic suggests that, ideally, art is the place of imminence, the place where we glimpse something just about to happen. Yet, as he demonstrates, defining contemporary art and its role in society is an ever more complicated endeavor. Museums, auction houses, artists, and major actors in economics, politics, and the media are increasingly chummy and interdependent. Art is expanding into urban development and the design and tourism industries. Art practices based on objects are displaced by practices based on contexts. Aesthetic distinctions dissolve as artworks are inserted into the media, urban spaces, digital networks, and social forums. Oppositional artists are adrift in a society without a clear story line. What, after all, counts as transgression in a world of diverse and fragmentary narratives? Seeking a new analytic framework for understanding contemporary art, Garcia Canclini is attentive to particular artworks; to artists including Francis Alys, Leon Ferrari, Teresa Margolles, Antoni Muntadas, and Gabriel Orozco; and to efforts to preserve, for art and artists, some degree of independence from religion, politics, the media, and the market.

Sujets

• History of art

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 17 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822376972
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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A R T B E YO N D I TS E L F

Art beyond Itself >

Anthropology for a Society without a Story Line

N É S TO R G A R C Í A C A N C L I N I

Translated by David Frye

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data García Canclini, Néstor. [Sociedad sin relato. English] Art beyond itself : anthropology for a society without a story line / Néstor García Canclini ; translated by David Frye. pages cm Includes index and references. isbn 978-0-8223-5609-7 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5623-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Art and society. 2. Art and anthropology. 3. Postmodernism. 4. Aesthetics, Modern—21st century. I. Frye, David L. II. Title. n72.s6g37213 2014 701'.03—dc23 2013042792

Originally published asLa sociedad sin relato: Antropología y estética de la inminencia,copyright 2010, Néstor García Canclini. Spanish edition published by Katz Editores, Buenos Aires and Madrid, 2010.

Duke University Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Globalization and the Artist Project of the Duke University Center for International Studies, which provided funds toward the production of this book.

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illustrations ix

preface Art beyond Itself xi

acknowledgments xxv

1. Aesthetics and Social Sciences: Converging Doubts 1

2. Visual Cultures: Between Art and Heritage 29

3. Reappropriating Objects: Art, Marketing, or Culture? 59

4. Putting a Value on Art: Between the Market and Politics 83

5. Unsure Localizations 101

6. The Death of Public Space: Survival Tactics 129

7. How Society Makes Art 151

epilogue 175

works cited 187

index 197

i l l u s t r a t i o n s >

figure preface. 1Still from Dora García,¿Dónde van los personajes cuando termina la novela?(Where Do Characters Go When the Novel Ends?), 2009 xv

figure 1.1 Still from Francis Alÿs,El Colector(The Collector), in collaboration with Felipe Sanabria, 1991–92 3

figure 2.1 Gabriel Orozco,Papalotes negros(Black Kites), 1997 50

figure 2.2 Gabriel Orozco,Piedra que cede(Yielding Stone), 1992 52

figure 3.1 Antoni Muntadas,Mesa de negociación(The Nego- tiating Table), 1998 69

figure 3.2 Santiago Sierra,Palabra tapada(Covered Word), 2004 71

figure 3.3 Santiago Sierra,Muro cerrando un espacio(Wall Enclosing a Space),2003 72

figure 3.4 Santiago Sierra,Cuarto de baño(Bathroom), 2003 73

figure 3.5 Santiago Sierra,Mujer con capirote sentada de cara a la pared(Hooded Woman Seated Facing the Wall), May 1, 2003 74