ASKING THE AUDIENCE/ PARTICIPATORY ART IN 1980S NEW YORK

The 1980s was a critical decade in shaping todays art production. While newly visible work concerned with power and identity hinted at a shift toward multiculturalism, the 80s were also a time of social conservatism that resulted in substantial changes in arts f unding. In Asking the Audience, Adair Rounthwaite uses this context to analyze the rising popularity of audience participation in Am erican art during this important decade.Rounthwaite explores two seminal and interrelated art projects sponsored by the Dia Art Foun dation in ...[Leer más]