Active Sights: Art as Social Interaction

by Timothy Van Laar, Leonard Diepeveen

Designed as a supplementary text, this brief, inexpensive book explores the purposes of contemporary art and the complex interactions between art, artist, and viewer. Active Sights looks especially at how artist and viewer belief systems and the social functions of art affect the ways in which contemporary art is seen. The text includes 31 full-page illustrations of contemporary art, including many pieces created as recently as five years ago.

Genres: Art

126 pages, Paperback

First published July 11, 1997

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good insights. Wish I had read it during my undergrad years.