Failure
"Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of the world. Here success is deemed overrated, doubt embraced, experimentation encouraged and risk considered a viable position. Between the poles of success and failure lies a productive space where paradox rules and dogma is refused. This anthology establishes failure as a core concern in contemporary cultural p…
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- Full title :Failure / edited by Lisa Le Feuvre.
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"Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of the world. Here success is deemed overrated, doubt embraced, experimentation encouraged and risk considered a viable position. Between the poles of success and failure lies a productive space where paradox rules and dogma is refused. This anthology establishes failure as a core concern in contemporary cultural production. Failure is one of a series documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art."
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):MIT Press, Whitechapel Gallery
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:238 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780262514774, 026251477X, 9780854881826, 0854881824
- oclc:ocn540644017
- LC Classification:NX650.F33
- Dewey Decimal:709.04
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