One Day at a Time
Subtitle: Manny Farber and Termite Art
Publisher: Prestel
Published: Oct 01, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9783791357669
Description: "'Termite Art,' in Farber's definition, is art born of observing and acknowledging the transitory nature of daily life. It is also a key antidote to the widespread problem of 'White Elephant' art--big, swaggering 'masterpiece art' self-consciously striving for greatness. In this book, artists, historians, and critics dive deep into art that forgoes such ambition in order to attend to the pleasures and problems of the everyday. The book is anchored by an essay by editor Helen Molesworth and features four contemporary commissioned artists' projects that exemplify 'Termite Art,' an interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin, and a carefully selected collection of historical essays by and about Farber that functions as a reader on the subject"--
Notes: Source title: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art