{"product_id":"relational-art-by-assistant-professor-craig-smith-9781350499393","title":"Relational Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaking place in the skies over London, the plazas of Rotterdam, and the hallways of museums worldwide, a new kind of art has emerged since the 1990s.\u003c\/strong\u003e Known as \u003cem\u003eRelational Art\u003c\/em\u003e, this conceptual practice features audience participation in ways never before realised, often using new media and social networking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, academic and artist Craig Smith outlines a rigorous theory of \u003cem\u003eRelational Art\u003c\/em\u003e, explaining why audience interaction and collective art production have become so relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTracing the development of the movement, from its beginnings with the 1996 Traffic exhibition in Bordeaux and Nicolas Bourriaud's treatise \u003cem\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e, to the diverse and international scope of \u003cem\u003eRelational Art\u003c\/em\u003e today, this provocative book explores the foundational impact this movement has had on contemporary art and exhibition making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking the reader through a range of case studies, such as Olafur Eliasson's iconic Weather Project at Tate Modern, and uniting ideas from artists, art critics, curators, philosophers, and audience members, it reveals the practices integral to the movement and how these have affected aesthetic, theoretical and economic forces in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a guided tour of thought-provoking and influential works, he demonstrates that \u003cem\u003eRelational Art\u003c\/em\u003e has permanently altered the nature of art and its global audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934198186220,"sku":"9781350499393","price":141.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350499393-relational-art.jpg?v=1783904415","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/relational-art-by-assistant-professor-craig-smith-9781350499393","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}