Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity

by Alexander Alberro

Book Overview

An examination of the origins and legacy of the conceptual art movement.

Conceptual art was one of the most influential art movements of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book Alexander Alberro traces its origins to the mid-1960s, when its principles were first articulated by the artists Dan Graham, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner, and others. One of Alberro's central arguments is that the conceptual art...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262511843
• ISBN13: 9780262511841
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher