Art in the public interest

Author(s)

    • Raven, Arlene

Bibliographic Information

Art in the public interest

edited with an introduction by Arlene Raven

Da Capo Press, 1993

1st Da Capo Press ed

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Note

"An unabridged republication of the edition published in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1989, with the substitution on several photographs"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-365) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of essays on the relationship between art and the public. The concept of public art has expanded to include street art, guerrilla theatre, video art, performance art, and protest actions, as well as politically provocative sculpture and painting. Certain issues have arisen with this expansion: First Amendment rights; questions of public taste and morality; the concept of artists as agents of social change; the role of commerce and technology in art; and the appropriateness of funding of artistic expression by public institutions. Among the works discussed are: Greenpeace's guerrilla theatre; the Names Project's AIDS quilt; Tim Rollins +K.O.S's work in the Bronx; Richard Serra's "Tilted Arc"; and David Nelson's portrait of Harold Washington. This work aims to establish the groundwork necessary to address the critical interaction between art, social conscience and public policy.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA27523003
  • ISBN
    • 0306805391
  • LCCN
    93002415
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    vi, 373 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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