Writing Art
Writings by artists convey a specific type of knowledge or way of thinking about artistic practice that the writings of academic and professional observers do not. It is not just a matter of artists’ texts filling discursive gaps between critical writing and artistic production; it is also a question of texts by artists creating intellectual, political, and cultural possibilities that would not otherwise exist. The books in this series remind us that art’s manifestations and meanings are rendered more complex when artists’ voices are heard, and when artists engage in direct debate and dialogue with each other, the public, and scholars. This series carries the spirit of several earlier book series that shaped aesthetic theory and art writing practice in the twentieth century into the twenty-first century: the Documents of Modern Art series edited by Robert Motherwell (1944-61), the Jargon Society Press founded by Jonathan Williams at Black Mountain College in 1951, Dick Higgins’ Something Else Press (1964-75), and the Nova Scotia Series edited first by Kaspar Koenig and later by Benjamin Buchloh in Halifax in the 1970s. The Writing Art series of MIT Press was initiated by Roger Conover in 1991.
Series editor: Roger Conover
Aug 03, 2021
Oct 15, 2019
Oct 01, 2019
Oct 21, 2016
Sep 04, 2015
On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
Jan 30, 2015
Sep 20, 2013
Mar 18, 2011
May 09, 2008
Sep 28, 2007
Mar 03, 2006
Feb 06, 2004
Sep 12, 2003
Sep 12, 2003
Sep 12, 2003
Jun 20, 2003
Nov 09, 1999
Feb 18, 1999
Feb 18, 1999
Feb 18, 1999
Feb 16, 1999
Jul 31, 1998
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Dec 12, 1995
Jul 25, 1994
Jul 25, 1994
Art After Philosophy and After
Aug 13, 1993