Artistic Bedfellows: Histories, Theories and Conversations in Collaborative Art Practices

Holly Crawford

Sep 2008 · University Press of America

About this ebook

Artistic Bedfellows is an international interdisciplinary collection of historical essays, critical papers, case studies, interviews, and comments from scholars and practitioners that shed new light on the growing field of collaborative art. This collection examines the field of collaborative art broadly, while asking specific questions with regard to the issues of interdisciplinary and cultural difference, as well as the psychological and political complexity of collaboration. The diversity of approach is needed in the current multimedia and cross disciplinarily world of art. This reader is designed to stimulate thought and discussion for anyone interested in this growing field and practice.

About the author

Holly Crawford, (Ph.D.), is an artist and art historian. She is the Director of AC Institute, a nonprofit organization for research in contemporary art.