Art and the city
By: Nicolas Whybrow
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781845114657; 9781845114664
Subjects: Art and anthropology; Art and society; Public art; Philosophy; Art
Description: To Henri Lefebvre, the space and 'lived everydayness' of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction and realisation through often imperceptible interactions and practices. 'Art and the City' takes this observation as its cue to examine the role of art against a backdrop of globally rising urban populations, taking into account the more recent performative and relational 'turns' of art that have sought in their city settings to identify a participating spectator - an implicated citizen. In exploring how artworks present themselves as a means by whic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index.