Making contemporary art: How modern artists think and work
Making Contemporary Art is the ideal launchpad for anyone wanting to understand all the essential, but sometimes elusive, aspects of art-making today. In her inimitable voice — accessible, straightforward and jargon-free — Linda Weintraub explores the conceptual and practical concerns that go into making contemporary art. Six clearly defined thematic sections — Scoping an Audience, Sourcing Inspiration, Crafting and Artistic 'Self', Expressing an Artistic Attitude, Choosing a Mission and Measuring Success — draw on the work of forty contemporary artists, including Matthew Barney, Chris Ofili, Isaac Julien, Nan Goldin and Mariko Mori, to create a complex understanding of how to make and look at contemporary art. A series of interviews with various artists sheds light on every aspect of their work, from how they conceive and create their pieces to their more prosaic, practical concerns. In addition to being a fine read for anyone who simply wants to understand how to look at contemporary art, Making Contemporary Art is also an exceptional teaching tool, and one that plugs a huge gap in the art education market.
Details
London
2003
415 pages
9780500284230
Available on request
No
No
709.042 Wei
1
- Difference/Indifference: Musings on Postmodernism, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage2013
- Speaking of Art: Four Decades of Art in Conversation2010
- Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 19721973
- New Tendencies in Art1966
- A Conspiracy of Images: Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and the Art of the Cold War2013
- The Big Picture: Contemporary Art in 10 Works by 10 Artists2017
- The Found Object in Textile Art2010
- Art Unlimited?: Dynamics and Paradoxes of a Globalizing Art World2016
- How Folklore Shaped Modern Art: A Post‑Critical History of Aesthetics2016
- The Last Art College. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968–19782012
- Art and Feminism2012
- Art, Space, Ecology: Two Views‑Twenty Interviews2019