A Show of Hands
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Edited by:
Ileana Parvu
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Funded by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
About this book
In contrast to the divide between conception and execution advocated by Anglo-American artists in the second half of the 1960s, this book reappraises conceptual art by examining it from the perspective of craft. The emphasis on craft shifts the focus from the Western art system to its margins, where creators were relegated to the status of mere artisans in the colonial context, on the pretext that attaining that of artists was beyond their reach. From this peripheral point of view, the book shows that work carried out with artisanal means can lead to conceptual practice. Moreover, this shift in perspective provides a new understanding of several positions within conceptualism, which ultimately appears as an ongoing reflection on the role of the hands, making, and craft.
Author / Editor information
Ileana Parvu, professor of history and theory of art at Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD–Genève, HES-SO), lecturer at the University of Basel. After researching the crossing of boundaries between artistic genres and the notion of the object in 20th- and 21st-century art, she embarked on a project examining the making of conceptual art. This endeavor resulted in the current book, A Show of Hands, among other publications. Her ongoing research delves into Romanian art of the 1970s.
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INTRODUCTION
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Ileana Parvu Open Access Download PDF |
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I SKILLS
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Franz Erhard Walther and the Question of Craft Erik Verhagen Open Access Download PDF |
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Artisanal Skills in Ana Lupas’s Participatory Actions Ileana Parvu Open Access Download PDF |
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II MATERIALS
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Christian Berger Open Access Download PDF |
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Metallic Flux and the Spoliations of Contemporary Art Niko Vicario Open Access Download PDF |
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III THE OTHER AS ARTISAN
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A Claim against the Othering of Craft Nadia Radwan Open Access Download PDF |
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Chonja Lee Open Access Download PDF |
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IV THE MAKING OF CONCEPTUAL ART
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Ian Burn, Conceptual Art, and Making Kim Charnley Open Access Download PDF |
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The Delegation Process at Hand in John M Armleder’s Work Jean-Marie Bolay and Bénédicte Le Pimpec Open Access Download PDF |
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Works by Senzeni Marasela and Christine Dixie Brenda Schmahmann Open Access Download PDF |
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