Contemporary Artists Respond to Samuel Beckett / Les artistes contemporains répondent à Samuel Beckett

This collection of essays deals with the generative reception of Samuel Beckett's multidimensional body of work in the expanded field of contemporary art since its emergence in the 1960s, as shown in a range of artworks and artists' discourses from different decades, artistic scenes and cultural contexts.

The essays gathered here explore Samuel Beckett's foundational legacy in contemporary art since the expansion of its field in the 1960s. They examine artworks, creative practices, and artists' discourses deeply inspired by Beckett while highlighting varied responses to his work and introducing lesser-known artistic scenes. Demonstrating contemporary artist's ongoing interest in Beckett's multidimensional oeuvre, the collection illuminates the relationships between contemporary art and literature.

Autorentext

Carla Taban has authored and edited publications on Samuel Beckett, contemporary art, and visual culture, as well as interdisciplinary and theoretical topics in comparative literature and performance studies.

Klappentext

The essays gathered here explore Samuel Beckett's foundational legacy in contemporary art since the expansion of its field in the 1960s. They examine artworks, creative practices, and artists' discourses deeply inspired by Beckett while highlighting varied responses to his work and introducing lesser-known artistic scenes. Demonstrating contemporary artist's ongoing interest in Beckett's multidimensional oeuvre, the collection illuminates the relationships between contemporary art and literature.

Inhalt

List of illustrations / Table des illustrations - Preface and acknowledgments - Préface et remerciements - "Play it again, Sam": Undoing and redoing Samuel Beckett's Molloy in contemporary art - Transpositions de l'oeuvre de Beckett dans l'art contemporain au Québec, 2000- 2010 - Water marks: Water as material in two twenty-first-century Beckettian site-specific installations - Une Catastrophe de Rien du tout ou De « l'anarchie de l'imagination » : Les artistes Maya Schweizer et Clemens von Wedemeyer répondent avec Beckett et Fassbinder aux émeutes des banlieues - Samuel Beckett and/ in contemporary art: Joseph Kosuth's series of installations-exhibitions Samuel Beckett, in play (2010- 2011- 2012) - Kentridge's Beckett.