Life as art
Subtitle: Jan-Erik Andersson : works and collaborations
By: writers, Jan-Erik Andersson, Penelope Curtis, Marketta Haila, Yrjö Haila, Marja-Terttu Kivirinta
Contributors: Curtis, Penelope; Haila, Marketta; Haila, Yrjö; Kivirinta, Marja-Terttu
Publisher: Parvs Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789527226421
Other titles: Jan-Erik Andersson :
Description: The artist Jan-Erik Andersson has been at the frontiers of art and society for almost forty years now. He has constantly shifted strategies and methods, but always held onto to the same idea: that art can share in the creation of architectural and social space. In the 1980s, Andersson still mainly appeared in ?normal? gallery and art-museum contexts. He subsequently switched to performance, architecture, installation, environmental art, artistic research and media art. He is best known for his internationally recognized Gesamtkunstwerk, the 'Life on a Leaf' house, where he lives with his family. This volume profiles Andersson?s life?s work spanning forty years.
Notes: Includes index.