Art and the City

by Nicolas Whybrow

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Author(s)

Nicolas Whybrow

Publisher, year

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011

Scope

198 p., illustrated, 22 cm.

ISBN

9781845114657

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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. Nicolas Whybrow discusses diverse examples of artworks, representing three key modern modalities of urban arts practice: walking, play, and cultural memory.

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Location

Cabinet 28 - 2 Art in Public Space ; Theory

Extra themes

Walk / stroll / explore / hang out

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.