Samuel Beckett and Contemporary Art (Paperback)

This groundbreaking collection from scholars and artists on the legacy of Beckett in contemporary art provides readers with a unique view of this important writer for page, stage, and screen. The volume argues that Beckett is more than an influence on contemporary arthe is, in fact, a contemporary artist, working alongside artists across disciplines in the 1960s, 1970s, and beyond. The volume explores Becketts formal experiments in drama, prose, and other media as contemporary, parallel revisions of modernisms theoretical presuppositions congruent with trends like Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Containing interviews with and pieces by working artists, alongside contributions of scholars of literature and the visual arts, this collection offers an essential reassessment of Becketts work. Perceiving Becketts ongoing importance from the perspective of contemporary art practices, dominated by installation and conceptual strategies, it offers a completely new frame through which to read perennial Beckettian themes of impotence, failure, and penury. From Becketts remains, as it were, contemporary artists find endless inspiration.

General

Imprint:	Ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild U Christian Schon
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	2018
Editors:	David Houston Jones
Contributors:	Katharina Knuppel • Russel Smith • Rachel Weiss • Rachel Wells • Derval Tubridy • Arnold Dreyblatt • Dorothy Cross • Mary McIntyre
Interviewers:	Sara Collins
Dimensions:	210 x 150 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-3-8382-0849-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General
LSN:	3-8382-0849-8
Barcode:	9783838208497

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