Conversation Pieces / community and communication in modern art

Notes

Grant Kester treats the relationship between art and democracy as pedagogical, performative, and ethical, he revives our understanding of the importance of civic engagement, solidarity, conversation, and public intervention.

Artist / Author Grant H. Kester
Publisher University of California Press Ltd.
ISBN 978-0-520-23839-8
Reference P2099
Date 2004
Type Publication

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