Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as ‘social practice’. Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the development of a participatory aesthetic. The itinerary takes in Futurism and Dada; the Situationist International; Happenings in Eastern Europe, Argentina and Paris; the 1970s Community Arts Movement; and the Artists Placement Group.
Artist / Author | Claire Bishop |
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Publisher | Verso |
ISBN | 978-1-84467-690-3 |
Reference | P2127 |
Date | 2012 |
Type | Publication |