The Intangibilities of Form
Skill and Deskilling in Art After the Readymade
by John Roberts

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Author(s)

John Roberts

Publication

London ; New York : Verso, 2007

Scope

249 Pages, 23 cm.

ISBN

9781844671670

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How is skill and the seeming absence of skill in modern art, to be theorized and evaluated? Drawing on cognitive psychology, labour process theory, social anthropology and debates in contemporary political philosophy, the author explores the relationship between artistic labor and productive labor and the limits and possibilities of authorship.

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Keywords

various disciplines , art theory , sculpture - ready made , authorship

Location

Cabinet 9 - 4: Kunst stromingen en thema's

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.