From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art

by Julie H. Reiss

Book Overview

A study of installation art, from its marginalized beginnings in the late 1950s to its central position in today's art world. Unlike traditional art works, installation art has no autonomous existence. It is usually created at the exhibition site, and its essence is spectator participation. Installation art originated as a radical art form presented only at alternative art spaces; its assimilation into mainstream museums and galleries is a relatively...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262181967
• ISBN13: 9780262181969
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher