Samuel Beckett and Contemporary Art |
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Editor:
| Jones, David Houston Reginio, Robert Weiss, Katherine |
Contribution by:
| Jones, David Houston Knüppel, Katharina Smith, Russel Weiss, Rachel Wells, Rachel Tubridy, Derval Dreyblatt, Arnold Cross, Dorothy McIntyre, Mary Taban, Carla Reginio, Robert Stewart, Paul Garland, Sarah Tavlin, Zachary Wachter-Grene, Kirin |
Author:
| Collins, Sara Sanchez, Marisa |
Series title: | Samuel Beckett in Company Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-8382-0849-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
Publisher: | Ibidem Verlag
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $51.00 |
Book Description:
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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,...
More DescriptionThis 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.