{"product_id":"words-to-be-looked-at-the-mit-press-language-in-1960s-art-9780262514033","title":"Words to Be Looked At The MIT Press Language in 1960s Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critical study of the use of language and the proliferation of text in 1960s art and experimental music, with close examinations of works by Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, John Cage, Douglas Huebler, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, La Monte Young, and others.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage has been a primary element in visual art since the 1960s—in the form of printed texts, painted signs, words on the wall, recorded speech, and more. In \u003ci\u003eWords to Be Looked At\u003c\/i\u003e, Liz Kotz traces this practice to its beginnings, examining works of visual art, poetry, and experimental music created in and around New York City from 1958 to 1968. In many of these works, language has been reduced to an object nearly emptied of meaning. Robert Smithson described a 1967 exhibition at the Dwan Gallery as consisting of “Language to be Looked at and\/or Things to be Read.” Kotz considers the paradox of artists living in a time of social upheaval who use words but chose not to make statements with them. Kotz t\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195158098263,"sku":"9780262514033","price":43.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/words-to-be-looked-at-the-mit-press-language-in-1960s-art-9780262514033","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}