Installation Art in the New Millennium: The Empire of the Senses
The authors run the Museum of Installation in London, England, and together they make a plausible case for regarding installation art as the home of avant-garde practice in contemporary art. For them, the wide-open parameters of installation work set the stage for honing the perceptual skills required for dealing with the fragmented onslaught of mechanized, information-driven reality. And they have a long list of names on their side. Inside the soft, cushiony cover that puns the subtitle of the book are succinct summaries of installation projects by artists such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Vanessa Beecroft, Santiago Sierra, Diller + Scofidio and Olafur Eliasson. Canadians Janet Cardiff, Stan Douglas and Micah Lexier also figure in the roundup of key figures.
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