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conversational anchor.28 The video, which has one hundred and twelve views,
interviews both a Los Angeles based guest expert and a museum visitor; they both
speak about their experiences and describe the work as a piece of conceptual art.
Describing the piece as a work of conceptual art is accurate; ironically the piece
was rarely referred to as such by Deller or his curatorial staff. This is another
instance in which one can see how the artist and his team chose to distance
themselves from defining the work in concrete art historical terminology.
The last link of significance shows the final site of visitation for the
bombed car, used as the project’s key conversation piece both on the road and at
the three museum sites. The video offers secondary viewers a look into the
London Imperial War Museum’s main gallery at the car’s permanent setting with
other machines and crafts of war.29 Deller briefly speaks to the camera explaining
how this is the ideal ending place for the object as it is not an art gallery and the
car is not an art object. He indicates that this distinction will permanently clarify
any misconception that the car could be seen as such, considering his and others
previous use of it within the field of art and culture.
The Institutional Apparatus
“In 2004, the Three M Project was conceived and developed” so that
“three museums could share and collaboratively produce ambitious projects on a
28 Nadine, S. “Talking about Iraq” (May 8, 2009) YouTube Web site, Streamable video file,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9xUGLXiEI&feature=related. (accessed February 28,
2011).
29 News Net London, “Bombed Baghdad Car on Display at London's Imperial War Museum,”
(September 9, 2010) YouTube Web site, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIXgI_S3tpI
(accessed February 28, 2011).
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 25 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 20 conversational anchor.28 The video, which has one hundred and twelve views, interviews both a Los Angeles based guest expert and a museum visitor; they both speak about their experiences and describe the work as a piece of conceptual art. Describing the piece as a work of conceptual art is accurate; ironically the piece was rarely referred to as such by Deller or his curatorial staff. This is another instance in which one can see how the artist and his team chose to distance themselves from defining the work in concrete art historical terminology. The last link of significance shows the final site of visitation for the bombed car, used as the project’s key conversation piece both on the road and at the three museum sites. The video offers secondary viewers a look into the London Imperial War Museum’s main gallery at the car’s permanent setting with other machines and crafts of war.29 Deller briefly speaks to the camera explaining how this is the ideal ending place for the object as it is not an art gallery and the car is not an art object. He indicates that this distinction will permanently clarify any misconception that the car could be seen as such, considering his and others previous use of it within the field of art and culture. The Institutional Apparatus “In 2004, the Three M Project was conceived and developed” so that “three museums could share and collaboratively produce ambitious projects on a 28 Nadine, S. “Talking about Iraq” (May 8, 2009) YouTube Web site, Streamable video file, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9xUGLXiEI&feature=related. (accessed February 28, 2011). 29 News Net London, “Bombed Baghdad Car on Display at London's Imperial War Museum,” (September 9, 2010) YouTube Web site, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIXgI_S3tpI (accessed February 28, 2011). |
