Law as Art?

July 28, 2006 6:44 AM

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.
posted by ND¢ (6 comments total)

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.
posted by ND¢ at 6:46 AM on July 28, 2006

this is great.
posted by unknowncommand at 6:59 AM on July 28, 2006

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?
posted by Saucy Intruder at 7:06 AM on July 28, 2006

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.
posted by brain_drain at 7:42 AM on July 28, 2006

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!
posted by jrb223 at 8:28 AM on July 28, 2006

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 =)
posted by illovich at 9:01 AM on July 28, 2006