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Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of the world. Here success is deemed overrated, doubt embraced, experimentation encouraged and risk considered a viable position. Between the poles of success and failure lies a productive space where paradox rules and dogma is refused. This anthology establishes failure as a core concern in contemporary cultural production. Failure is one of a series documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art.
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Failure, Whitechapel Gallery
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Failure
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0854881824
- ISBN13
- 9780854881826
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Philosophical Topics, Art, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, Scientific Theories
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of the world. Here success is deemed overrated, doubt embraced, experimentation encouraged and risk considered a viable position. Between the poles of success and failure lies a productive space where paradox rules and dogma is refused. This anthology establishes failure as a core concern in contemporary cultural production. Failure is one of a series documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art.