1st Edition

Art, Design and Capital since the 1980s Production by Design

By Bill Roberts Copyright 2020
182 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 50 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines artists’ engagements with design and architecture since the 1980s, and asks what they reveal about contemporary capitalist production and social life. Setting recent practices in historical relief, and exploring the work of Dan Graham, Rita McBride, Tobias Rehberger and Liam Gillick, Bill Roberts argues that design is a singularly valuable lens through which artists evoke,... Read more

1 Introduction: Design’s Significance for Contemporary Art; 2 The Proliferation of Dan Graham’s Pavilions; 3 Rita McBride’s Sculpture of Flows; 4 Tobias Rehberger’s Exquisite Corp.; 5 Liam Gillick’s Flights of Flexibility; 6 Afterword

Biography

Bill Roberts is a lecturer in art history at Christie’s Education London, UK.