Artist Novels

'Can the novel be considered a medium in its own right within the visual arts? There are many artists who have written novels, but the Artist Novel is something else. It is a contemporary phenomenon in which visual artists employ their novels in their projects, as they would employ installation, performance, or video. Introducing into the visual arts traits that are particular to narrative literature implies the accentuation of some features over others, such as narration, fiction, identification, the reader's protracted engagement, and distribution in public space. For artists, the creation of a novel doesn't differ from any other artwork; both processes, writing and art-making, feed each other as they evolve within the same body of works. Thanks to the contributions of a select group of artists, writers, curators, and scholars, Artist Novels strives to demonstrate that literature, when treated by visual artists, can take place well beyond the space of the book.' - excerpted from back cover.

Including a bibliography.

The complimentary booklet Reads Like a Book includes photographs of the exhibition 'The Book Lovers Project' held in Cricoteka, the Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Kratow in Poland from January to March 2015.

Access level

Onsite

publisher

Sternberg Press (Berlin, Germany)

editor

David MAROTO,

Joanna ZIELINSKA

Location code

REF.MAD5

Language

English

Keywords

art writing, literature

Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

253

ISBN / ISSN

9783956790768

No of copies

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction

The Book Lovers: The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts - David MAROTO

The Space of the Page: Literary Aspects of the Artist Novel

The Preparation of the Novel - Roland BARTHES

Art Is a Haven, But Where's the Crane to Unload? - Ingo NIERMANN, Tom McCarthy

Artists Are the Elite of the Servant Class - David MAROTO, Kenneth GOLDSMITH

The Exhibition Space: Redefining Art Practice

Being Nothing: Paraodxy and Looking for Headless - Angus CAMERON

Lacocoön Strikes Back - Christopher K. HO, 何恩懷

A Compressed Core of Ideas - Monika SZEWCZYK, Liam GILLICK

Reads Like a Book - Joanna ZIELINSKA

It Has To Be This Way² - Lindsay SEERS

Circadian Rhythm - CHENG Ran, 程然

Failed States - Jill MAGID

Public Space: The Social Life of the Novel

Dispersion - Seth PRINCE

Dear Reader: The Novel's Call to Perform - Barbara BROWNING

What Happens When the Artwork Becomes a Novel? - David MAROTO, Seth SIEGELAUB

Artists Novels: First Published

Introduction to Espahor Ledet Ko Uluner! - Marie DE BRUGEROLLE

Espahor Ledet Ko Uluner! - Guy DE COINTET

Introduction to Leopard - Jan TUMLIR

Leopard - Matthew BRANNON

Introduction to The Realms of the Unreal - Valérie ROUSSEAU

The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion - Henry J. DARGER

Introduction to Double Suicide on Cherry Hill - Ralph MCCARTHY

Double Suicide on Cherry Hill - Yayoi KUSAMA, 草間彌生

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