Artistic Practices

Social Interactions and Cultural Dynamics

Tasos Zembylas editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:7th Apr '14

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Art matters. It affects us in our daily lives and is full of meanings that are valuable to all of us. As a catalyst for social interactions, art may either cause public conflict and create dissensions or facilitate mutual understanding and strengthen collective bonds. All of this is grounded in practices that develop and change along social interaction, cultural dynamics, as well as technological and economic lines.

So how is art formed and produced? What are the relevant constraints and challenges that artists experience in the creative process? And what constitutes artistic agency? This collection of contributions from international, interdisciplinary experts explores particular case studies to deeply analyse artistic practices. Comprising eleven chapters relating to different art forms, each chapter offers an original perspective conveying a comprehensive understanding of artistic practices as arrays of specific activities in contemporary art worlds.

This book will be important for both researchers and practitioners in the field. It will help artists to deepen their analytical abilities, enabling them to further their own creative practice. It will allow students and researchers to gain insights into processes of artistic creation and thus into the reproduction of art, as well as innovation in the arts.

'A pragmatic stance such as the one put forward by Tasos Zembylas and the other authors of this excellent volume looks for the social roots of creativity in the communication and synchronization patterns of artists working in their everyday life environments...'Dafne Muntanyola-Saura, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa

ISBN: 9780415721479

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 560g

206 pages