Comments on: Law as Art?

Law as Art?

ND¢ — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:44:57 -0800

Law as Art? is a recent article that discusses artwork that deliberately incorporates the law as an intrinsic element of the work itself, including Consideration, Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, and A Selection of Interesting Secrets from Various Stages in my Life.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:46:37 -0800

I couldn't get the last link to go directly to the page about that particular exhibit, so just click on "Exhibitions" and it is the fifth one down.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:59:08 -0800

this is great.

By: Saucy Intruder

Saucy Intruder — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:06:55 -0800

As the less interesting half of a lawyer/artist couple, this seems kind of counterintuitive. Why put up an installation full of disclaimers and hold-harmless agreements, when you can bring color, abstraction and design to the drab bureaucracy of the legal process?

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:42:54 -0800

By entering the zone created by this drawing, and for the period you remain there, you declare and agree that the US Constitution will not apply to you. I hear Bill Clinton is in there running for a third term right now.

By: jrb223

jrb223 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:28:28 -0800

This is really fantastic, I've been taking a class recently on Performance and the Law, which has tended to focus more on the ways in which 'the law,' (trials, police, etc.) is performed/performative. It's fun to see some art taking up the law in this way. Especially pieces that are explicitly performative like consideration. Thanks for the find!

By: illovich

illovich — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:01:22 -0800

There has been some novel artworks that from their inception, deliberately incorporates the law as an intrinsic element of the work itself.

A bold beginning to be sure. Snark aside, a very interesting article. Thanks =)