Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Alberro, Alexander.

Description

1. xxxvii, 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "The writings in Museum Highlights are arranged to reflect different aspects of Fraser's artistic practice. They include essays that trace the development of critical "artistic practice" as cultural resistance; performance scripts that explore art institutions and the public sphere; and texts that explore the ambivalent relationship of art to the economic and political interests of its time. The final piece, "Isn't This a Wonderful Place? (A Tour of a Tour of the Guggenheim Bilbao)," reflects on the role of museums in an era of globalization. Among the book's 30 illustrations are stills from performance pieces, some never before published."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. The MIT Press writing art series

Uniform title

1. MIT Press writing art series.

Subject

1. Fraser, Andrea > Written works
2. Fraser, Andrea > Aesthetics
3. Fraser, Andrea
4. Museum Highlights
5. Performance art > United States
6. Art and society > United States
7. Art > Social aspects > United States
8. Aesthetics
9. Art and society
10. Authorship
11. Performance art
12. Performance Künste
13. Ästhetik
14. Kunsttheorie
15. United States

Contents

1. Foreword : revolution and revelation / Pierre Bourdieu -- Introduction : mimicry, excess, critique / Alexander Alberro -- 1. artist's statement -- 2. In and out of place -- 3. "Creativity = capital"? -- 4. It's art when I say it's art, or ... -- 5. What's intangible, transitory, mediating, participatory, and rendered in the public sphere? -- 6. What's intangible, transitory, medicating, participatory, and rendered in the public sphere? : Part II -- 7. "To quote," say the Kabyles, "is to bring back to life" -- 8. Notes on the museum's publicity -- 9. Museum highlights : a gallery talk -- 10. letter to the Wadsworth Atheneum -- 11. Welcome to the Wadsworth -- 12. Aren't they lovely? : an introduction -- 13. speech on documenta -- 14. How to provide an artistic service : an introduction -- 15. What do I, as an artist, provide? : (a speech at the EA-Generali Foundation) -- 16. Slashing the American canvas, or, why I would rather have a day job -- 17. "sensation" chronicle -- 18. Official welcome -- 19. Isn't this a wonderful place? : (a tour of a tour of the Guggenheim Bilbao).

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.