Implications of Performance, Site, and Dialogue in Abdulnasser Gharem’s Social Practice Artworks

• Author / Creator

  Hilden, Tracey M

• In this thesis, I explore the artworks of Abdulnasser Gharem and situate them within the genre of social practice. I isolate three features to examine in conjunction with Gharem’s works. My first chapter draws on performance scholar Shannon Jackson’s theories to address the roles of support and spectacle in creating social artworks. Secondly, I address concepts of site-specificity as put forth by academic Miwon Kwon to examine the importance and multiplicity of site. Finally, my last chapter looks at dialogic art as explicated by professor and researcher Grant Kester to unfold the role of dialogue in socially engaged artworks. These three components of performance, site-specificity, and dialogue contribute to enhancing community life which Gharem strives to undertake through his artworks.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Abdulnasser Gharem
  • Site-specificity
  • Performance art
  • Social practice
  • Dialogic art

• Graduation date

  Spring 2014

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3RD63

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.