Lifework:On the Autobiographical Impulse in Contemporary Art, Writing and Theory

Sheleg, Moran, ed. (2024) Lifework:On the Autobiographical Impulse in Contemporary Art, Writing and Theory. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526172471

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Abstract

Following the critical scepticism surrounding the notion of the 'self' as a singular entity during the 1960s, many artists and writers sought to test the apparent problem posed by autobiography as both a traditional genre and as a way of working. Considering the consequent emergence of autotheory, Lifework traces this shift in artistic and literary production during the late twentieth century and beyond, examining a set of diverse practices that mine the line between what it is to make art and what it is to live life. The book's chapters connect a variety of artistic strategies that cut across medium, geography and time, uncovering how the historical marginalisation of first-person experience has taken on larger social, cultural and political implications in the contemporary moment and how the work of living might still relate to the work of art.

Item Type: Book
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2024 10:30
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2024 10:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97209
DOI: 10.7765/9781526172488

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