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| SKU | 9780714872889 |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-Art: Artists on Creative Collaboration |
| Author Description | Ellen Mara De Wachter |
| Uri | store/art/co-art-artists-on-creative-collaboration-9780714872889/ |
| Web Author Description | Ellen Mara De Wachter is an independent curator and writer based in London. She has worked at the British Museum and Barbican Art Gallery, London, among other art organisations; written for a wide range of art magazines including Frieze, Artforum.com and Flash Art, and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London. |
| webLongDescription | Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively Art history is traditionally presented as the individual's struggle for self-expression, yet over the past fifty years, the number of artists working collaboratively has grown exponentially. Co-Art: Artists on Creative Collaboration explores this phenomenon through conversations with twenty-five leading art-world pairs and groups, who offer insight that is relevant beyond the art world, making this book vital for all who seek to work creatively and effectively with others. Artists featured: Allora & Calzadilla, Assemble, Auguste Orts, ayr, Biggs & Collings, Broomberg & Chanarin, ChimPom, Claire Fontaine, DAS INSTITUT, DIS, Elmgreen & Dragset, Eva & Franco Mattes, GCC, Gelitin, Guerrilla Girls, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Jane and Louise Wilson, John Wood and Paul Harrison, LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin, Los Carpinteros, Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Raqs Media Collective, SUPERFLEX |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Size | Size: 245 x 172 mm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in) |
| Pages | Pages: 244 |
| Illustrations | 225 |
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From symbiotic duos to amorphous collectives, it seems that great work can come from sharing.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eAnOtherMag.com\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Ellen Mara de Wachter celebrates how artists join forces - and in a manner that quickly dispels the \u0026quot;lone genius\u0026quot; theory.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eMonocle\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;In the past 50 years the number of artists working as duos and collective has increased... Through insightful interviews [\u003cem\u003eCo-Art\u003c/em\u003e] puts the artists centre stage... The content of Mara De Wachter's essays is informative and her style refreshingly clear. 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