Bourriaud radically calls for a new art criticism to interpret contemporary art which until now has remained what he terms 'essentially unreadable'. In a series of essays he questions where our current obsession with interactivity stems from and analyses the work of several famous artists.
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deeply flawed and overzealous
May 6 2009
By Robert C. Smith III
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This book, presented as a critical text, gave academic cred to a group of artists who needed it. Like the fake articles in glossy magazines that upon closer inspection reveal themselves to be advertisements, this book hyped up a handful of artists whose self-congratulatory practices were all style and no content. The claim that Rirkrit Tiravanija or Liam Gillick had any sort of groundbreaking political novelty to present cannot withstand critical pressure. As we have seen, nothing they did had any effect other than annexing previously disruptive practices into the polite world of the gallery elite. Their actual relevance faded as did the ability of this text to hold any sort of critical water. Our generation's version of the emperor's new clothes. See Claire Bishop's Participation and her dialogue with Liam Gillick to see how flimsy Relational Aesthetics really is. (and by the way, it isn't just the poor translation's fault). Julian Stallabrass and Bishop both come at this type of work with a far sharper set of tools, and show that by Bourriaud's own claims, the artists who should be the referents here look far more like Thomas Hirshhorn and Gonzalez-Torres. In the context of these other artists and thinkers, Bourriaud's worldview just can't hold up.
11 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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An exciting and thought provoking book
Jun 18 2007
By Joshua J. Noble
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This is an excellent book for anyone interested in performative and relational art. The translation is a little dodgy at times but the book is well worth it's price for provocative ideas, critical insight, and inspiration.
26 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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Good Topic with Poor Translation
Feb 23 2006
By Caleb Coppock
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I am just beginning my venture into critical discussion of the Arts and reading Relational Aesthetics sparked my interest in art's effect of linkageing and relating. The author explores and gives names of many artists working in the 90's that used human interaction as their medium.
The bad parts about this book are the many misspellings and the major stylistic shifts in the writing and translation.
The bad parts about this book are the many misspellings and the major stylistic shifts in the writing and translation.
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