Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many; Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art; ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world; such as Thomas Hirschhorn; Superflex; Francis Alyuml;s; and Santiago Sierra; to the less-publicized projects of groups; such as Park Fiction in Hamburg; Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts in Myanmar; Ala Plastica in Argentina; Huit Facettes in Senegal; and Dialogue in central India. The work of these groups often overlaps with the activities of NGOs; activists; and urban planners. Kester argues that these parallels are symptomatic of an important transition in contemporary art practice; as conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are being redefined and renegotiated. He describes a shift from a concept of art as something envisioned beforehand by the artist and placed before the viewer; to the concept of art as a process of reciprocal creative labor. The One and the Many presents a critical framework that addresses the new forms of agency and identity mobilized by the process of collaborative production.
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