With admirable clarity and impressively rich material of concrete examples and detailed case studies, Shannon Jackson's study outlines the tensions and vectors in the very nerve centre of
contemporary theorizing of theatre, art and performance as "social art" or as social practice. ... Everybody studying experimental theatre, contemporary art and performance will gratefully rely
on Shannon Jackson's book. Hans-Thies Lehmann, Goethe-University, Germany
Over the last decade many critics in the arts have struggled to find words to describe the new interactive-participatory-relational art. Shannon Jackson, with her keen analysis of performative
practices and deep perception of social structures is uniquely qualified to do so. Social Works is a game-changer, a must-read for scholars, students and artists alike. Tom Finkelpearl, Author
of Dialogues in Public Art
With her characteristic clarity and keenness of mind, Shannon Jackson gives shape to this vibrant but notoriously amorphous field we call performance studies. More importantly, she compels us
to grapple with performance's internal social work. Anne A. Cheng, Princeton University, USA
Exploring the limits of what she aptly calls "aesthetic conviviality," the "social turn" in contemporary art and performance, in Social Works Shannon Jackson once again writes a vivid and clear
analysis of a key aspect of performative and visual cultures. Jackson interrogates this shift in practice to explore the limits of art's engagement with sociality itself---there could be no
more important topic today, nor a sharper interlocutor. Social Works should be required reading for anyone interested in how and why art can be political today. Amelia Jones, McGill University,
USA
At a time when artworld critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book
makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making.
Social Works is an interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals, and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of
case studies and contemporary methodologiesto mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The resultis a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and
aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice.
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Franz West: Galerie Eva Presenhuber, 95–15
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Aisthesis: Scenes from the Aesthetic Regime of Art
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Interpreting Visual Art: A Survey of Cognitive Research About Pictures
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Willem De Rooij: Index
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100 Boots: A Book of Postcards
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Fred Sandback: Vertical Constructions
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Railway Stations
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Albert Duvall Quigley: Artist, Musician, Framemaker, 1891-1961
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Curatorial Roundtable
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The Paragone in Nineteenth-century Art
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The Art Lovers Quotation Book
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Destruction Rites: Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture
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Colour and Light in Ancient and Medieval Art
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Relational Art: A Guided Tour
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William Van Alen, Fred T. Ley and the Chrysler Building
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Wild New Territories
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Food & the Public Sphere
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Teaching Painting: How Can Painting Be Taught in Art Schools?
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