Art beyond Itself: Anthropology for a Society without a Story Line

228 Pages·2014·1.358 MB·English

by  Néstor García Canclini

ART BEYOND ITSELF

Art beyond Itself
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Anthropology for a Society without a Story Line
NÉSTOR GARCÍA CANCLINI
Translated by David Frye
duke university press
durham and london 2014
© 2014 Duke University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
García Canclini, Néstor.
[Sociedad sin relato. English]
Art beyond itself : anthropology for a society without a story
line / Néstor García Canclini ; translated by David Frye.
pages cm
Includes index and references.
isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5609- 7 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5623- 3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Art and society.
2. Art and anthropology.
3. Postmodernism.
4. Aesthetics, Modern—21st century.
I. Frye, David L. II. Title.
n72.s6g37213 2014
701'.03—dc23 2013042792
Originally published as La sociedad sin relato: Antropología
y estética de la inminencia, copyright 2010, Néstor García
Canclini. Spanish edition published by Katz Editores,
Buenos Aires and Madrid, 2010.
Duke University Press gratefully acknowledges the support
of the Globalization and the Artist Project of the Duke University
Center for International Studies, which provided funds
toward the production of this book.
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contents
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illustrations ix
preface
Art beyond Itself xi
acknowledgments xxv
1. Aesthetics and Social Sciences:
Converging Doubts 1
2. Visual Cultures:
Between Art and Heritage 29
3. Reappropriating Objects:
Art, Marketing, or Culture? 59
4. Putting a Value on Art:
Between the Market and Politics 83
5. Unsure Localizations 101
6. The Death of Public Space:
Survival Tactics 129
7. How Society Makes Art 151
epilogue 175
works cited 187
index 197

illustrations
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figure preface.1 Still from Dora García, ¿Dónde van los
personajes cuando termina la novela? (Where Do Characters Go
When the Novel Ends?), 2009 xv
figure 1.1 Still from Francis Alÿs, El Colector (The Collector),
in collaboration with Felipe Sanabria, 1991–92 3
figure 2.1 Gabriel Orozco, Papalotes negros (Black Kites),
1997 50
figure 2.2 Gabriel Orozco, Piedra que cede (Yielding Stone),
1992 52
figure 3.1 Antoni Muntadas, Mesa de negociación (The Nego-
tiating Table), 1998 69
figure 3.2 Santiago Sierra, Palabra tapada (Covered Word),
2004 71
figure 3.3 Santiago Sierra, Muro cerrando un espacio (Wall
Enclosing a Space), 2003 72
figure 3.4 Santiago Sierra, Cuarto de baño (Bathroom), 2003 73
figure 3.5 Santiago Sierra, Mujer con capirote sentada de
cara a la pared (Hooded Woman Seated Facing the Wall), May 1,
2003 74