A Spectator is an Artist Too by Johan Idema - ISBN: 9789063695903
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Art’s true meaning emerges when the spectator completes the picture.

A Spectator is an Artist Too

How we Look at Art, How we Behave Around Art

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2021

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Summary

Is there anything more entertaining, inspiring and instructive than observing art? Yes, it is watching the people interacting with this art. This book may forever change your approach to art as it urges you to always consider both the work and the response. Because ultimately artists create, but we - the audience - complete the picture.

‘A Spectator is an Artist Too’ is a visual essay about human behaviour around art: what happens when we are confronted with something immensely beauti…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9789063695903
ISBN-10:906369590X
Author:Johan Idema
Publisher:BIS Publishers B.V.
Imprint:BIS Publishers B.V.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:1 February 2021
Weight:410g
Dimensions:20mm x 383mm x 177mm
About The Author

Johan Idema

Johan Idema is a passionate promoter of innovation in the art world. He works as a cultural entrepreneur, writer and director for the foundation Art Public. Idema has extensive experience as an arts consultant and has worked at several cultural institutions, including as chief curator at the Netherlands Architecture Institute (Rotterdam). Idema is the initiator of, among others, the theatrical art exhibition The Big Art Show and the award-winning classical music app Wolfgang. Idema obtained master degrees in Arts Administration at New York University and Innovation Management at TU Delft. He was awarded an oeuvre prize as ‘New Radical’, in the Netherlands, where Idema is based.

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