Allan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, and the limits to art / by Philip Ursprung ; translated by Fiona Elliott.

Main entry:

Ursprung, Philip.

Title & Author:

Allan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, and the limits to art / by Philip Ursprung ; translated by Fiona Elliott.

Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013]

Description:

xiii, 324 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-307) and index.
Allan Kaprow And The Limits To Painting -- "Oedipal-just for fun": Allan Kaprow and Art History -- The Happeners' Bodies -- The Triumph of Pop Art -- Performing Architecture -- The Limits To Sculpture: Robert Smithson And Earth Art -- The Excursions: Critiquing Minimalism -- The Triumph of Minimal Art -- Site and Nonsite -- Earthworks -- The Limits To Art History
Translated from the German.

Summary:

"This innovative study of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century links the art practices of Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson in their attempts to test the limits of art--both what it is and where it is. Ursprung provides a sophisticated yet accessible analysis, placing the two artists firmly in the art world of the 1960s as well as in the art historical discourse of the following decades. Although their practices were quite different, they both extended the studio and gallery into desert landscapes, abandoned warehouses, industrial sites, train stations, and other spaces. Ursprung bolsters his argument with substantial archival research and sociological and economic models of expansion and limits"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780520245419 (hardback)
0520245415 (hardback)

Subject:

Kaprow, Allan Criticism and interpretation.
Smithson, Robert Criticism and interpretation.
Kaprow, Allan, 1927-2006 Criticism and interpretation.
Smithson, Robert, 1938-1973 Criticism and interpretation.
Kaprow, Allan.
Smithson, Robert.
Kaprow, Allan 1927-2006
Smithson, Robert 1938-1973
Art movements History 20th century.
Mouvements artistiques Histoire 20e siècle.
ART American General.
Art movements.
Aktionskunst
Land-art
Happenings (Art)
Earthworks (Art)
Installations (Art)

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285826
Call No.: BIB 225751
Status: Available

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