Relational Aesthetics

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Relational Aesthetics
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nicolas Bourriaud
Foreword by Nicolas Bourriaud
Translated by Denyse Beaulieu
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 191,Width 133
Category/GenreTheory of art
Art and design styles - c 1900 to c 1960
ISBN/Barcode 9783956795879
ClassificationsDewey:709.04
Audience
General
Illustrations 25 COLOR ILLUS.

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 6 June 2023
Publication Country United States

Description

A new translation, with a new foreword, of Nicolas Bourriaud's landmark 1998 work of art theory. First published in 1998, Nicolas Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics laid out a thesis for art's turn toward participation, experience, and the whole of human relations. Now, over twenty years after its original release, this landmark work has been updated with a new translation by Denyse Beaulieu and a new foreword by the author. Where does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Nicolas Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach to contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists' works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts- an aesthetic of the interhuman, of the encounter, of proximity, of resisting social formatting. The aim of Relational Aesthetics is to produce the tools that enable us to understand the evolution of today's art. We meet Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Louis Althusser, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Felix Guattari, along with most of today's practicing creative personalities.

Author Biography

French art critic, theoretician, and curator Nicolas Bourriaud (born 1965) was a cofounder and codirector of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2000-2006), Gulbenkian Curator for Contemporary Art at Tate Britain, and director of the l' cole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is currently the artistic director of Montpellier Contemporain, a new institution based in Montpellier, France, and dedicated to the contemporary arts. He is the author of the landmark publication Relational Aesthetics, first published in 1998, and still inspirational today for many artists, curators, and art professionals worldwide.