{"product_id":"relational-aesthetics-paperback","title":"Relational Aesthetics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicolas Bourriaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicolas Bourriaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDenyse Beaulieu\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new translation, with a new foreword, of Nicolas Bourriaud's landmark 1998 work of art theory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1998, Nicolas Bourriaud's \u003ci\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e laid out a thesis for art's turn towards participation, experience, and the whole of human relations. Now, over twenty years after its original release, \u003ci\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e has been updated with a new translation by Denyse Beaulieu and a new foreword by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere does our current obsession for interactivity stem from? After the consumer society and the communication era, does art still contribute to the emergence of a rational society? Nicolas Bourriaud attempts to renew our approach towards contemporary art by getting as close as possible to the artists' works, and by revealing the principles that structure their thoughts: an aesthetic of the inter-human, of the encounter; of proximity, of resisting social formatting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe aim of his essay is to produce the tools to enable us to understand the evolution of today's art. We meet Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Louis Althusser, Rirkrit Tiravanija or Félix Guattari, along with most of today's practicing creative personalities.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench art critic, theoretician, and curator Nicolas Bourriaud (born 1965) was a cofounder and codirector of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2000-2006), Gulbenkian Curator for Contemporary Art at Tate Britain, and director of the l'École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is currently the artistic director of Montpellier Contemporain, a new institution based in Montpellier, France, and dedicated to the contemporary arts. He is the author of the landmark publication \u003ci\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1998, and still inspirational today for many artists, curators, and art professionals worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48288871284985,"sku":"9783956795879","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/fJjSGAB_d49783956795879.webp?v=1776254045","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/relational-aesthetics-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}