The Artist's Joke
The Artist's Joke

ed. by Jennifer Higgie ; with texts and interviews by / with Hugo Ball, Bruce Nauman, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Sarah Lucas ...[et al.]

Author(s)
Hugo Ball
Editor(s)
Jennifer Higgie
Publication, year
London ; Cambridge, Mass. : Whitechapel Gallery ; The MIT Press, 2007
Scope
240 Pages, 21 cm.
ISBN
9780262582742

Ever since Freud’s Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious appeared in 1905, humor both light and dark has frequently surfaced as a subversive, troubling, or liberating element in art. The Artist’s Joke surveys the rich and diverse uses of humor by avant-garde and contemporary artists.


Person as subject
Hugo Ball, Bruce Nauman, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Sarah Lucas, ...[et al.]
Location
Cabinet 9 - 5: Kunst stromingen en thema's
Remarks
Incl. Bibliography and Index.