Art and text : new! / [ed. by Aimee Selby].

Contributor(s):

Selby, Aimee

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Black Dog Pub., 2009.Description: 279 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9781906155650
1906155658

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.045 SEL

Contents:

pt. 1: Essays. The Schwitters legacy : language and art in the early twentieth century / Will Hill -- Think again / Charles Harrison -- Turning the whole thing around: text art today / Dave Beech -- pt. 2: Text. Doug Aitken -- Richard Artschwager -- John Baldessari -- Mel Bochner -- Monica Bonvicini -- Ian Breakwell -- Stefan Brüggemann -- Claus Carstensen -- Also Chaparro -- Martin Creed -- Russell Crotty -- Jeremy Deller -- Hamish Fulton -- Matthew Higgs -- Mustafa Hulusi -- Richard Long -- Mario Merz -- Simon Morley -- Matt Mullican -- Simon Patterson -- Raymond Pettibon -- Jack Pierson -- Ed Ruscha -- Ward Shelley -- Paule Sietsema -- Bob & Roberta Smith -- Andy Warhol -- Lawrence Weiner -- Carey Young -- pt. 3: Context. Adel Abdessemed -- Bank -- Simon Bedwell -- Mark Bijl -- Freee -- Jules de Balincourt -- Mel Bochner -- Claire Fontaine -- Nathan Coley -- Martin Creed Adam Dant -- Peter Davies -- Sam Durant -- Liam Gillick -- Felix Gonzalez-Torres -- Guerrilla Girls -- Susan Hiller -- Alfredo Jaar -- Barbara Kruger -- Jakob Kolding -- Guillermo Kuitca -- Sean Landers -- John Latham -- Glenn Ligon -- Simon Linke -- Ken Lim -- Jonathan Meese -- Aleksandra Mir -- Jonathan Monk -- Matt Mullican -- Sirin Neshat -- Walid Raad -- Jason Rhoades -- Bob & Roberta Smith -- Nancy Spero -- Mark Titchner -- Donald Urquhart -- Gordon Young -- pt. 4: Semiotext. Doug Aitken -- Art & Language -- Tauba Auerbach -- John Baldessari -- Simon & Tom Bloor -- Ian Breakwell -- Victor Burgin -- Anne-Lise Coste -- Peter Downsbrough -- Gary Hill -- Joseph Kosuth -- Barbara Kruger --John Latham -- Simon Patterson -- Kay Rosen -- Martha Rosler -- Robert Smithson -- Joanne Tatham & Tom O\'Sullivan -- Lawrence Weiner -- Christopher Wool -- Cerith Wyn Evans -- pt. 5: Textuality. Vito Acconci -- Fiona Banner -- Robert Barry -- Mark Bijl -- Xu Bing -- Mel Bochner -- Claus Carstensen -- Adam Chodzko -- Hanne Darboven -- Jeremy Deller -- Douglas Gordon -- Jens Haaning -- Gary Hill -- Roni Horn -- Svetlana Kopystiansky -- Simon Lewty -- Glenn Ligon -- Hayley Newman -- Simon Patterson -- Daniel Pflumm -- Tom Phillips -- Olivia Plender -- Jaume Plensa -- Simon Popper -- Richard Prince -- Ugo Rondinone -- Allen Ruppersberg -- Carolee Schneemann -- Jeffrey Shaw -- Catherine Street -- Joanne Tatham & Tom O\'Sullivan -- Cy Twombly -- Cerith Wyn Evans -- Carey Young.

Summary: This volume covers the development of the textual medium in art from the early combinations of text, lettering and image in the work of seminal artists such as El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters right up to the present day. The use of written language has been one of the most defining developments in visual art of the twentieth century. The use of text can be seen in some of the most avant-garde artwork of the twentieth century; René Magritte and dadaist artists used it to describe anti-art and anti-aesthetic sentiment. The work of some of the most famous conceptual artists of the 1960s began to use written language as an artwork in itself. Artists such as John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner and Bruce Nauman, who are still today some of the world\'s most respected artists, helped push the boundaries of what constitutes art at the time and it has continued to develop since that period. The expansive Art & Language group of artists and theorists, including Joseph Kosuth, also reconsidered the possibilities of linguistic art.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.045 SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100452615

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The use of both word and image in artistic practice has become a defining feature of contemporary art. From typographers to easel painters to video artists, text has become a larger part of artistic practice ever since Modernism, with practitioners pushing the boundaries of their discipline to incorporate an increasing variety of expression and meaning. Organised thematically, Art and Text investigates the use of text in contemporary artistic practice, showcasing the most innovative and groundbreaking examples of how word and image have come to occupy the same artistic terrain in contemporary art. With accessible essays on the relationship between word and image, Art and Text showcases some of the most interesting work from a cross-section of well-and lesser-known artists from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Featuring the work of contemporary artists: Cy Twombly, famous for his calligraphic style graffiti; Stefan Sahmeister, who has produced album covers for the likes of the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Lou Reed; Robert Indiana, best known for his LOVE print, since made into a sculpture installed in several locations across the world; as well as Raymond Pettibon, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Nauman and Duane Michals. The influence of particular Modernist artists will also be considered such as Man Ray, Margritte and Picasso. Art and Text is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and timely review of the influence of language on art. ILLUSTRATIONS: 400 colour & b/w

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume covers the development of the textual medium in art from the early combinations of text, lettering and image in the work of seminal artists such as El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters right up to the present day. The use of written language has been one of the most defining developments in visual art of the twentieth century. The use of text can be seen in some of the most avant-garde artwork of the twentieth century; René Magritte and dadaist artists used it to describe anti-art and anti-aesthetic sentiment. The work of some of the most famous conceptual artists of the 1960s began to use written language as an artwork in itself. Artists such as John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner and Bruce Nauman, who are still today some of the world\'s most respected artists, helped push the boundaries of what constitutes art at the time and it has continued to develop since that period. The expansive Art & Language group of artists and theorists, including Joseph Kosuth, also reconsidered the possibilities of linguistic art.