Allan Kaprow, Robert Smithson, and the limits to art by Philip Ursprung; translated by Fiona Elliott
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Berkeley, California Los Angeles London University of California Press [2013]Description: xiii, 324 pages 24 cmContent type: - Text
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- Band
- 9780520245419
- Grenzen der Kunst. <engl.>
- Ursprung, Philip 1963- Grenzen der Kunst. <engl.>
- Kaprow, Allan -- Criticism and interpretation
- Smithson, Robert -- Criticism and interpretation
- Art movements -- History -- 20th century
- Kaprow, Allan 1927-2006
- Aktionskunst
- Smithson, Robert 1938-1973
- Land-art
- Aktionskunst
- Land-art
- Pop-Art
- Kaprow, Allan 1927-2006
- Smithson, Robert 1938-1973
- Rosenberg, Harold 1906-1978
- Cage, John 1912-1992
- 709.2/2 23
- ART015020
- N6537.K27
- 9,11
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HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks | R (Reference collection) | R:N6537.K27 U7713 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2023-1350 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-307) and index
"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"--
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