The Intangibilities of Form
Skill and Deskilling in Art After the Readymade
by John Roberts

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Author(s)

John Roberts

Publisher, year

London ; New York : Verso, 2007

Scope

249 p., 23 cm.

ISBN

9781844671670

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How is skill and the seeming absence of skill in modern art, to be theorized and evaluated? Drawing on cognitive psychology, labour process theory, social anthropology and debates in contemporary political philosophy, the author explores the relationship between artistic labor and productive labor and the limits and possibilities of authorship.

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Keywords

sculpture , various disciplines , art theory , ready made , authorship

Location

Art Movements and Themes

Contains

index , bibliografie / bibliography