Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio

Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing

The first book to address the significance of the materials and methods used to make contemporary artworks
Today, artists are able to create using multiple methods of productionâ€•from painting to digital technologies to crowdsourcingâ€•some of which would have been unheard of just a few decades ago. Yet, even as our means of making art become more extraordinary and diverse, they are almost never addressed in their specificity. While critics and viewers tend to focus on the finished products we see in museums and galleries, authors Glenn Adamson and Julia Bryan-Wilson argue that the materials and processes behind the scenes used to make artworks are also vital to current considerations of authorship and to understanding the economic and social contexts from which art emerges.

This wide-ranging exploration of different methods and media in art since the 1950s includes nine chapters that focus on individual processes of making: Painting, Woodworking, Building, Performing, Tooling Up, Cashing In, Fabricating, Digitizing, and Crowdsourcing. Detailed examples are interwovenÂ with the discussion, including visuals that reveal the intricacies of techniques and materials. Artists featured include Ai Weiwei, Alice Aycock, Isa Genzken, Los Carpinteros, Paul Pfeiffer, Doris Salcedo, Santiago Sierra, and Rachel Whiteread. Â 219 color illustrations
Country USA
Brand Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer Thames & Hudson
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780500239339
ReleaseDate 2016-06-07
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780500239339

Country	USA
Brand	Thames & Hudson
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780500239339
ReleaseDate	2016-06-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780500239339

Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing

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