Item Number: 132490 Title: Art & language uncompleted : the Philippe Méaille collection Author: Guerra, Carles (et al) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788492505524 Description: Barcelona: MACBA, 2014. 29cm., pbk., 264pp. illus. English text. Summary: The Philippe Méaille Collection stands out as a remarkable representation of one the most complex and belligerent practices of the second half of the twentieth century. Largely associated with Conceptual Art, Art & Language challenges the existing vocabulary of art history by refusing affiliation to any artistic identity. Since the mid sixties Art & Language’s initial development was based on assimilating critical and dissenting practices that relied on a discursive, conversational and language-based perspective that continues through to the present. In that sense, the works by Art & Language the Philippe Méaille Collection may come across as a contingent history of the collective, yet this is the most adequate form of encapsulating what is often referred as a ‘radically uncompleted, radically inconclusive’ practice. Many individuals have been associated with Art & Language. They include Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael Baldwin, Ian Burn, Charles Harrison, Joseph Kosuth, Philip Pilkington, Mel Ramsden and Dave Rushton. Since 1977, the practice of Art & Language has been in the hands of Baldwin and Ramsden, becoming self-observing and indeed essayistic. Whereas the publication Art-Language provided an access to the multi-theoretical field in which Art & Language evolved through the sixties, seventies and eighties, allowing their readers to become empowered, the most recent positions adopted by the artists contaminate the perception of their own collective past. In turn, the Philippe Méaille Collection is further affected by the archaeological perspective with which the Collection was assembled. Many of the works can be found in the form of card files, manuscripts, typescripts, layouts and final prints. All in all Art & Language remains a contested space, with no privileged point of view to describe its achievements. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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