{"product_id":"the-one-and-the-many-contemporary-collaborative-art-in-a-global-context-paperback","title":"The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrant H. Kester\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In \u003ci\u003eThe One and the Many\u003c\/i\u003e, Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world, such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Superflex, Francis AlYs, and Santiago Sierra, to the less-publicized projects of groups, such as Park Fiction in Hamburg, Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts in Myanmar, Ala Plastica in Argentina, Huit Facettes in Senegal, and Dialogue in central India. The work of these groups often overlaps with the activities of NGOs, activists, and urban planners. Kester argues that these parallels are symptomatic of an important transition in contemporary art practice, as conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are being redefined and renegotiated. He describes a shift from a concept of art as something envisioned beforehand by the artist and placed before the viewer, to the concept of art as a process of reciprocal creative labor. \u003ci\u003eThe One and the Many\u003c\/i\u003e presents a critical framework that addresses the new forms of agency and identity mobilized by the process of collaborative production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant H. Kester is Professor of Art History and Chair of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eConversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eArt, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from \u003c\/i\u003eAfterimage, also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.15 x 6.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757878378784,"sku":"9780822349877","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2e1538e48591b0cc23f91644a14d24a.webp?v=1780113889","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-one-and-the-many-contemporary-collaborative-art-in-a-global-context-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}