Interpretive Conventions in Site-Specific and Experimental Art: An analysis of Richard Serra’s Sculptures and Joseph McElroy’s Fictions
In his essay “9/11 emerging,” Joseph McElroy brings into his comments on the destruction of the World Trade Center reflections on a quite different New York destruction, that of Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc in 1989. This gigantic work becomes a locus of questions about the role of art in the twenty-...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2008
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In his essay “9/11 emerging,” Joseph McElroy brings into his comments on the destruction of the World Trade Center reflections on a quite different New York destruction, that of Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc in 1989. This gigantic work becomes a locus of questions about the role of art in the twenty-first century, especially after the terrorist attack of September eleventh. Likewise, it may suggest parallels between Serra’s sculpture and McElroy’s fiction, as both artists derange our perceptua... |
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