The Absence of Work: Marcel Broodthaers, 1964-1976 - Rilegato

Haidu, Rachel

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ISBN 10: 0262014505 ISBN 13: 9780262014502

Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2010

Riassunto

In 1964, at age forty, Marcel Broodthaers (1924--1976) proclaimed that his years of writing poetry -- of being "good for nothing," in his words -- were over, and a brief but dazzling artistic career began. Considered a founding father of institutional critique, Broodthaers created hundreds of objects, books, films, photographs and exhibitions, including a "fictive" museum of modern art that evolved from an installation in his own home to a massive exhibition of over three hundred works representing eagles. InThe Absence of Work, Rachel Haidu argues that all of Broodthaers's art is defined by its relationship to language. His perception of his poetry's "failure to communicate" led him to explore in his art the noncommunicative, nontransparent uses of words.

Haidu's characterization of Broodthaers's contribution to institutional critique represents a major departure from the usual approach to this movement. WithThe Absence of Work, one of the first monographs on Broodthaers in English, Haidu demystifies a crucial and enigmatic figure in postwar and contemporary art.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Rachel Haidu is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History and the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester.

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Book by Haidu Rachel

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Mit Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0262014505
• ISBN 13: 9780262014502
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 357