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Active Sights : Art as Social Interaction

by Van Laar, Timothy; Diepeveen, Leonard

ISBN13:
9781559349291
ISBN10:
1559349298
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 1997-07-11
Publisher: MCG
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Designed as a supplementary text, this brief, inexpensive book explores the purposes of contemporary art and the complex interactions between art, artist, and viewer. Active Sights looks especially at how artist and viewer belief systems and the social functions of art affect the ways in which contemporary art is seen. The text includes 31 full-page illustrations of contemporary art, including many pieces created as recently as five years ago.

1. Introduction: The Picture Doctor, the Passionate Guru, and the Pluralist Albatross

2. Art and Belief Systems: Competing Theories and Silent Complicity

3. The Function of Artists in Society: Starving Celebrities and Other Myths

4. Art and Its Audience: The Woman with Four Toes

5. Conclusion: The Perfect Picture

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