The agency of pedestrianism in the realm of civic creativity has become a major tool for contemporary art, particularly since the 60s. Walk Ways explores this theme of walking as an action and a metaphor. From Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni, Janet Cardiff and Hamish Fulton to Martin Kersels, Nancy Spero, Richard Wentworth and others, the artists in Walk Ways consider walking as a purposeful or meandering activity that unites bodily and mental freedom, and "the walk" as a means of commenting on human agency, politics, geography and history.

Walk Ways

Arts & Photography

Marioni, Tom

History & Criticism

Independent Curators International (ICI)

Cultural Writing. Art. Poetry. In the collection WRITINGS ON ART: TOM MARIONI 1969-1999, one of the early practitioners of conceptual art, Tom Marioni (1970 founder of MOCA, Museum of Conceptual Art in San Francisco), has compiled various essays, lectures, and poems about art that he both wrote and spoke about all over the country throughout a large portion of his career. In this collection, he documents his travels to Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary where he met and exchanged ideas with other artists, developing his own ideas about conceptual art. "On my trip to Eastern Europe, it became clear to me that an artist who attempts to make art to reach 'the people' is making self-conscious art; he is like a politician trying to get votes"---from "Real Social Realism, 1976." In addition to expressing opinions and speaking specifically about the movement and the artists within the movement, Marioni draws connections between painting, music, writing, and sculpture

Writings on Art: Tom Marioni 1969 - 1999

Crown Point Press

<p>Cultural writing. Art. Philosophy. "If you are stumped by contemporary art, have wondered why contemporary artists do the things they do, make the things they make, and think the way they think, this book is for you. Tom Marioni has created a book that is easy to read, fun, and engaging. In describing his own art and thinking process, Marioni - with his dry, quiet sense of humor - demystifies contemporary art without being academic or taken: the Picassoian road, which focuses on the painterly tradition, and the Duchampian road, which encompasses a more catholic view of what can be a fit subject for art inquiry. Marioni shows why the Duchampian road offers more riches for many artists, including himself. By incorporating the social and leisure aspects of real life into his art, and by rejecting the dominant cultural work ethic, Tom Marioni amalgamates art and life to create a sophisticated and unique philosophy"--Chris Burden.</p>

Beer, Art and Philosophy

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Walk Ways

Writings on Art: Tom Marioni 1969 - 1999

Beer, Art and Philosophy