Contemporary Art and Anthropology

This book takes an innovative approach to representational practices withincontemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally the anthropology of art hastended to... » 

This book takes an innovative approach to representational practices withincontemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally the anthropology of art hastended to focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts but has notconsidered the impact such art could have on its own ways of making andpresenting work. The potential for the contemporary art scene to suggestinnovative representational practices has been similarly ignored. This bookchallenges the reluctance that exists within anthropology to pursue alternativestrategies of research creation and exhibition and argues that contemporaryartists and anthropologists have much to learn from each others practices. «