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Since the 1960s, artists have questioned the traditional idea of opposition between art and nature. They have incorporated animals and plants as co-actors in their work, and so established a sculptural aesthetic of the living, which called for a redefinition of the sculptural genre. This study is the first to examine so-called Non-Living Human Sculptures using the examples of Hans Haacke and Pierre Huyghe. Following a re-reading of the historiography of modernist sculpture, the author re-evaluates and expands on existing theories in individual work analyses. She shows how Haacke's real-time systems, determined by US systems theory, biology and cybernetics, as well as his rejection of the object aesthetic have shaped contemporary positions such as Huyghe's situational-aesthetic works.

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Book category Books in English The arts The arts: general issues

• Full title: Hans Haacke und Pierre Huyghe
• Subtitle: Non-Human Living Sculptures seit den 1960er Jahren
• Author: Ursula Ströbele
• Language: German
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544
• EAN: 9783111027111
• ID: 43315544
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Dimensions: 240 × 170 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. December 2023

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