Decter, Joshua.

Exhibition as social intervention : 'Culture in action' 1993 / Joshua Decter and Helmut Draxler. - London : Afterall, 2014. - 224 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 22 cm. - Exhibition histories . - Exhibition histories. .

"With additional essays by Hafþór Yngvason and Joe Scanlan ; interviews with artists Mark Dion (conducted by Stephanie Smith) and Simon Grennan (conducted by Lucy Steeds) and artist Daniel J. Martinez in conversation with Michael Brenson ; statement by curator Mary Jane Jacob ; and an introduction by David Morris and Paul O'Neill"--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : exhibition as social intervention / Culture in action : exhibition as social redistribution / The turn from the turns : an avant-garde moving out the centre (1986-93) / 'Culture in action', Chicago, 1993 -- The new public art : as opposed to what? / 'Culture in action' / 'Chicago is culture in action' / Interviews / David Morris and Paul O'Neill -- Joshua Decter -- Helmut Draxler -- Hafþór Yngvason, 1993 -- Joe Scanlan, 1993 -- Mary Jane Jacob, 2013 -- Mark Dion in correspondence with Stephanie Smith ; Simon Grennan, of Grennan & Sperandio, in conversation with Lucy Steeds ; Daniel J. Martinez and Michael Brenson in conversation.

9783863354480 (Koenig) 3863354486 (Koenig) 9781846381386 (Afterall : corrected) 184638138X (Afterall : corrected)

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Art and society.
Public art--Illinois--Chicago.
Community arts projects--Illinois--Chicago.

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