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The Art of Not Making
The New Artist /Artisan Relationship

by Michael Petry





The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship
is the first book to tackle these questions head on, exploring the
concepts of authorship, ar tistic originality, skill, craftsmanship and the
creative act, and highlighting the vital role that skills from craft and
industrial production play in creating some of today’s most innovative
and highly sought-after works of ar t. Michael Petry gives insights into
the history of these collaborations, citing works from Duchamp and
before and giving a context to the growing global collaborations of
ar tists and ar tisans.

Featuring inter views with ar tists and craftspersons about their creative
collaborations, The Art of Not Making also includes analyses and
illustrations of hundreds of ar tworks by many impor tant international
ar tists, including Ai Weiwei, Ghada Amer, Louise Bourgeois, Chris
Burden, Daniel Buren, Matthew Barney, James Lee Byars, Maurizio
Cattelan, William Cobbing, José Damasceno, Angela de la Cruz, Liam Gillick,
Subodh Gupta, Mona Hatoum, Carsten Höller, Roni Horn, Gary Hume, Sherrie
Levine, Takashi Murakami, Jorge Pardo, Ugo Rondionone, Kiki Smith,
Simon Starling, Gavin Turk, Mark Wallinger, Fred Wilson, Cerith Wyn
Evans, Aaron Young and many more.

Author
Dr. Michael Petry is Curator of the Royal Academy Schools Gallery,
Director of MOCA London, and is currently ar tist in residence
at Sir John Soane's Museum, London. He is the author of many books,
including Installation Ar t in the New Millennium and Installation Ar t.
When an ar tist does not make his or her own work, what does it mean
for the nature of ar t, and for the status of the ar tist? What is the
difference between an ar tist and an ar tisan? How can we distinguish ar t
from craft? Do we even need to? What is the relationship between
creativity and production? Where is the ar t and where is
the ar tist? What, indeed, is the ar t work?



Thames & Hudson
ISBN 978 0 500 238820

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