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Contemporary Art and Anthropology

SKU: 9781845201036
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  • Author:
    SCHNEIDER Arnd / WRIGHT Christopher
  • ISBN:
    9781845201036
  • Publication Date:
    November 2005
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    223
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Routledge
  • Country of Publication:
Contemporary Art and Anthropology
Contemporary Art and Anthropology

Contemporary Art and Anthropology

SKU: 9781845201036
Regular price $75.99
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    SCHNEIDER Arnd / WRIGHT Christopher
  • ISBN:
    9781845201036
  • Publication Date:
    November 2005
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    223
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Routledge
  • Country of Publication:

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"Contemporary Art and Anthropology" takes a new and exciting approach to representational practices within contemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally, the anthropology of art has tended to focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts, but has not considered the impact such art could have on its own ways of making and presenting work. The potential for the contemporary art scene to suggest innovative representational practices has been similarly ignored. This book challenges the reluctance that exists within anthropology to pursue alternative strategies of research, creation and exhibition, and argues that contemporary artists and anthropologists have much to learn from each others' practices. The contributors to this pioneering book consider the work of artists such as Susan Hiller, Francesco Clemente and Rimer Cardillo, and in exploring topics such as the possibility of shared
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"Contemporary Art and Anthropology" takes a new and exciting approach to representational practices within contemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally, the anthropology of art has tended to focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts, but has not considered the impact such art could have on its own ways of making and presenting work. The potential for the contemporary art scene to suggest innovative representational practices has been similarly ignored. This book challenges the reluctance that exists within anthropology to pursue alternative strategies of research, creation and exhibition, and argues that contemporary artists and anthropologists have much to learn from each others' practices. The contributors to this pioneering book consider the work of artists such as Susan Hiller, Francesco Clemente and Rimer Cardillo, and in exploring topics such as the possibility of shared