Art has never been as culturally and economically prominent as it is today.

How can artists themselves shape the social relevance and impact of their work?

In How to Do Things with Art, German art historian Dorothea von Hantelmann uses four case study artists--Daniel Buren, James Coleman, Jeff Koons and Tino Sehgal--to examine how an artwork acts upon and within social conventions, particularly through the "performing" of exhibitions. The book's title is a play on J.L. Austin's seminal text, How to Do Things with Words, which describes language's reality-producing properties and demonstrates that in "saying" there is always a "doing"--a linguistic counterpart to the dynamics envisioned by Von Hantelmann for art, in which "showing" is a kind of "doing." Von Hantelmann's close analysis of works by Buren, Coleman, Koons and Sehgal explores how each of these artists has taken control of how their work conducts itself in the world.

Paperback, 6 x 8.25 in. / 208 pgs / 19 bw.

ISBN 9783037641040

November 2010, Out of Print

Only accountable to ourselves, Who told you so?! The collective story vs. the individual narrative challenges states of social ambivalence within various levels of cohesion: government, organization, scene and family. Engage in conversation with artists on belonging to find and strengthen your own voice within.

Artists in conversation include Aleksandra Domanovic, Foundland, Gökçe Suvari, R.E.P. Group, Lieven De Boeck, Mauro Vallejo, Monika Löve, Slavs and Tartars, Azra Akšamija, Elena Bajo, Hank Willis Thomas, Heath Bunting, Jacqueline Schoemaker, Job Janssen, Kaszás Tamás i.c.w. Anikó Loránt, Paul Segers, Tracy Mackenna & Edwin Janssen, Boudewijn Bollmann, Daan Samson, Exactitudes: Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Gillian Wearing, Julián d’Angiolillo, Katrin Korfmann, Ken Lum, Marjolijn Dijkman, Matthijs Bosman, Mireia c. Saladrigues, Serge Onnen, Šejla Kameric, Erwin van Doorn & Inge Nabuurs, Erika Rothenberg, Günec Terkol, Jans Muskee, Keren Cytter, Melanie Bonajo, Nadine Byrne, Ronald Ophuis, Sebastian Friedman

Writers: Jonathan Short, Patricia Reed, Matteo Lucchetti, Markus Miessen, Alfredo Cramerotti, Wim Langenhoff, René Gabriëls, Daniel Miller, Tanja Baudoin, Leon Heuts

Poets: Joost Baars, Serge van Duijnhoven, Krijn Peter Hesselink, Anne van Amstel

August 2013 - Out of Print - Single copy

438pp  Onomatopee Projects ISBN: 978-9491677045