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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480417003321

Autore

Dezeuze Anna

Titolo

Almost nothing : Observations on precarious practices in contemporary art / / Anna Dezeuze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020

©2017

ISBN

1-5261-2071-2

1-5261-2349-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Collana

Rethinking art's histories

Disciplina

700.411

Soggetti

Unsicherheit

Kunst

Art, Modern

Conceptual art

Art, Modern - 21st century

Art, Modern - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-318) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : almost nothing -- Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age -- 'At the point of imperceptibility' -- 'Good-for-nothing' -- Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity' -- Futility and precarity -- Postscript : on the humanism of precarious works.

Sommario/riassunto

This title presents a short history of artworks at risk of passing unnoticed because they look like trash, or are little more than commonplace objects and fleeting gestures that disappear into the fabric of everyday life.