Social practices /

Mixing biography, autobiography, fiction, criticism and conversations among friends, with 'Social Practices' Chris Kraus continues the anthropological exploration of artistic lives and the art world begun in 2004 with 'Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness'....

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Main Author: Kraus, Chris (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: South Pasadena, California : Semiotext(e), [2018]
Series:Semiotext(e) active agents series.
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