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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to my thesis advisors, Michael Ned Holte, Mary Jane Jacob,
Rhea Anastas, as well as the Master of Public Art Studies faculty who advised me
over the course of this project: Joshua Decter, Gloria Sutton, Elizabeth Lovins and
Ruth Wallach. Additional thanks to my fellow students, friends and family for
their unconditional support and inspiration throughout this process. Lastly, this
project would not have been possible without the support of many interviewees
who were extremely generous of their time, especially Jeremy Deller, Esam Pasha
and Nato Thompson. The encouragement and intellectual support they provided
was vital to the development of the thesis and I am forever grateful.
Object Description
| Title | Sites of production: An examination of Jeremy Deller's It is what it is: Conversations about Iraq |
| Author | Kopp, Rebecca Nichole |
| Author email | rkopp@usc.edu; rnkopp@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Public Art Studies |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Public Art Studies |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Holte, Michael Ned |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Jacob, Mary Jane Decter, Joshua |
| Abstract | For little over a decade artistic practice in the United States has become intently “focused upon on the sphere of inter-human relations” (Nicolas Bourriaud). Contemporary theorists have presented a variety of ideas concerning the resurgence of this artistic tendency that emerged half a century ago. Using It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq, which was presented across the U.S. and at three major museums in 2009 by British Turner prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, as case study to further delineate this artistic form of expression, this thesis addresses recent theoretical developments within the broader social practice movement. Deller’s project emphasized the complicated nature of these theories in action within the contemporary moment, and testified to its heightened use in the public sphere through shifts higher education and institutional programming. The evaluation of Deller’s piece emphasizes the art-historical importance of this work and more broadly contends with the contemporary conflict between those who debate art’s ability to transform consciousness within the public sphere. |
| Keyword | social practice; Jeremy Deller; Iraq; dialogical practice; public sphere; public art |
| Geographic subject (country) | Iraq; USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3881 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kopp, Rebecca Nichole |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Kopp-4545 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Kopp-4545.pdf |
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| Title | Page 2 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many thanks to my thesis advisors, Michael Ned Holte, Mary Jane Jacob, Rhea Anastas, as well as the Master of Public Art Studies faculty who advised me over the course of this project: Joshua Decter, Gloria Sutton, Elizabeth Lovins and Ruth Wallach. Additional thanks to my fellow students, friends and family for their unconditional support and inspiration throughout this process. Lastly, this project would not have been possible without the support of many interviewees who were extremely generous of their time, especially Jeremy Deller, Esam Pasha and Nato Thompson. The encouragement and intellectual support they provided was vital to the development of the thesis and I am forever grateful. |
