ed. by Howard S. Becker, Robert R. Faulkner and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Beschreibung:
Inhalt: The work itself / Howard S. Becker -- Profiles of the unfinished: Rodin's work and the varieties of incompleteness / Pierre-Michel Menger -- "How do I know I am Finnish?" the computer, the archive, the literary artist, and the work as social object / Michael Joyce -- Shedding culture / Robert R. Faulkner -- This is what I do / Scott Deveaux -- Grasping Shona musical works: a case study of Mbira music / Paul Berliner -- Economic analysis and steps toward completing the work / Richard E. Caves -- The fragment itself / Larry Gross -- Object/Shadows-notes on a developing art form / Larry Kagan -- "This is a stone from the endless beach": an interview with Max Gimblett / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- Art works / Michael D. Harris -- Wallace Steven's jar / Bruce Jackson.
Beschreibung:
When is an artistic work finished? When the copyeditor makes the final correction to a manuscript, when the composer writes the last note of a symphony, or when the painter puts the last brushstroke on the canvas? Perhaps it's even later, when someone reads the work, when an ensemble performs, or when the painting is hung on a gallery wall for viewing? "Art from Start to Finish" gathers a unique group of contributors from the worlds of sociology, musicology, literature, and communications - many of them practicing artists in their own right - to discuss how artists from jazz musicians to painters work: how they coordinate their efforts, how they think, how they start, and, of course, how they finish their productions. Specialists in the arts have much to say about the works themselves, which are often neglected by scholars in other fields. "Art from Start to Finish" takes a different track by exploring the creative process and its social component. Any reader who makes art or has an interest in it will value this book. [Verlagsangabe]
co-funded by the European Commission