33 artists in 3 acts / Sarah Thornton.

By:

Thornton, Sarah (Sarah L.) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Granta, 2014.Description: 430 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781847089052 (pbk.)
1847089054 (pbk.)

Other title:

Thirty-three artists in three acts

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

706.8 THO

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	706.8 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100575456
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	706.8 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002100468843

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A generational touchstone by the leading authority on the art world, a captivating book in three parts which seeks to answer the contentious question 'What is an Artist?'

Jeff Koons...Ai Weiwei...Gabriel Orozco...Eugenio Dittborn...Lu Qing...Zeng Fanzhi...Wangechi Mutu...Kutlue Ataman...Tammy Rae Carland...Elmgreen & Dragset...Maurizo Cattelan...Laurie Simmons...Carroll Dunham...Francis Alys...Cindy Sherman...Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida...Francesco Bonami...Grace Dunham...Lena Dunham...Rashid Johnson...Massimiliano Gioni...Damien Hirst...Andrea Fraser...Jack Bankowsky...Christian Markclay...Marina Abramovic...Grayson Perry...Yayoi Kusama...Cady Noland...Beatriz Milhazes...Isaac Julien.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389) and index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sarah Thornton is the author of the international hit, Seven Days in the Art World [Granta, 2008]. She has been the chief writer on contemporary art for the Economist and a contributor to publications such as the Guardian, The Art Newspaper and the New Yorker. She has aBA in Art History and a PhD in Sociology. She lives in London.