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Author: Gilda Williams
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9780500291573
ISBN 10: 0500291578
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 01 September 2014
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'A thoroughly sensible and accessible guide to writing that could almost be applied to any subject' - ArtBookReview.net 'Thrillingly clear ... beautifully formed ... an incisive manual for clarity of thought. This guide could as easily apply to writing (and indeed thinking on any creative endeavour ... Essential!' - Dressing the Air.com 'Fantastic ... a must-read for every writer, reader, artist and designer' - Fullscream.com 'Will become a standard text for anyone studying or interested in critical writing and the very vexed subject of writing about art ' - Michael Bracewell, critic and novelist 'Williams's methodology is flawless ... gives insight to the inner workings of very different industries: academia, auction houses and mainstream and professional press' - frieze 'An illuminating, engaging and urgent guide to contemporary art-writing. Essential reading for arts students ... invaluable for anyone involved in the art world' - Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-Director, Serpentine Gallery
With How To Write About Contemporary Art Gilda Williams has created an illuminating, engaging and urgent guide to contemporary art-writing. While this is clearly essential reading for arts students and those at the start of a career in arts writing or criticism, it is equally invaluable for anyone involved in the art world that needs to transmit information and ideas in written form about contemporary art. So that s basically all of us. --Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-Director, Serpentine Gallery
A thoroughly sensible and accessible guide to writing that could almost be applied to any subject.
'An illuminating, engaging and urgent guide to contemporary art-writing. Essential reading for arts students ... invaluable for anyone involved in the art world' - Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-Director, Serpentine Gallery 'Williams's methodology is flawless ... gives insight to the inner workings of very different industries: academia, auction houses and mainstream and professional press' - frieze 'Will become a standard text for anyone studying or interested in critical writing and the very vexed subject of writing about art ' - Michael Bracewell, critic and novelist 'Fantastic ... a must-read for every writer, reader, artist and designer' - Fullscream.com 'Thrillingly clear ... beautifully formed ... an incisive manual for clarity of thought. This guide could as easily apply to writing (and indeed thinking on any creative endeavour ... Essential!' - Dressing the Air.com 'A thoroughly sensible and accessible guide to writing that could almost be applied to any subject' - ArtBookReview.net
Author Information
Gilda Williams is a contemporary art critic, editor and teacher. She is a lecturer on the MFA in Curating programme, Goldsmiths College, and Sotheby's Institute of Art. She is London correspondent for Artforum magazine and a member of the International Association of Art Critics.
