A Show of Hands

Download or read book A Show of Hands written by Ileana Parvu and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-12-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to the divide between conception and execution advocated by Anglo-American artists in the second half of the 1960s, this book reappraises conceptual art by examining it from the perspective of craft. The emphasis on craft shifts the focus from the Western art system to its margins, where creators were relegated to the status of mere artisans in the colonial context, on the pretext that attaining that of artists was beyond their reach. From this peripheral point of view, the book shows that work carried out with artisanal means can lead to conceptual practice. Moreover, this shift in perspective provides a new understanding of several positions within conceptualism, which ultimately appears as an ongoing reflection on the role of the hands, making, and craft.