Event 'The Artist As'

'The Artist As'

Book Launch

02 June 2018
11am–12pm

  • Event Cost:
    Free

After launching in Sydney and Melbourne in March, the IMA is proud to host the Brisbane launch of The Artist As, edited by Aileen BurnsJohan Lundh, and Tara McDowell and published by Sternberg Press, Curatorial Practice at MADA, and the IMA.

Join the editors and artist Kate Woodcroft for discussion of the key themes and concepts, along with readings from selected passages. Light refreshments will be provided.

How do artists work today? What kinds of roles do they occupy, have these roles changed over the years, and how does this impact the ecology of art? Has the pluralism of art given way to a pluralism of roles that artists may occupy? What are the contemporary conditions of labour producing this new state of affairs, and what reskilling does it ask of artists? Or, by contrast, what does it mean to sustain a lifelong commitment to another kind of practice, another kind of conversation? How does familiarity with another discipline—whether that of the autodidact or the professionally trained—influence an artist’s practice, and shift how their work is conceptualised, made, and received?

These are some of the questions that led to The Artist As, a book that seeks to understand how artists move through the world, and how that movement might necessitate other roles to pursue a project, a position, a politics, or a practice. With contributions by Brook AndrewWalter BenjaminHeman ChongEkaterina Degot, Hal FosterHelen Hughes, Helen JohnsonIsabel Lewis, Adam LinderSuhail MalikTara McDowell, Emily PethickTerry SmithCecilia Vicuña, and Tirdad Zolghadr.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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