Vito Acconci
The House and Furnishings as Social Metaphor
text Kate Linker

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Author(s)

Kate Linker

Publication

Tampa ; Charlotte : University of South Florida : Knight Gallery, 1986

Scope

44 Pages, illustrated, 22 x 28 cm.

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The exhibition 'Vito Acconci : The House and Furnishings as Social Mataphor' requires that the viewer interacts mentally and physically with Acconci's architectural sculptures and furniture before the works' function as a social metaphor - which brings our values, systems, and relationships into focus - can emerge.

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Person as subject

Vito Acconci

Keywords

art in public space , installation , performance , body , architecture , video

Location

Cabinet 1 - 1: Kunstenaars

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Performance, body and space, Residents and the built environment, Architecture and Art

Remarks