Making Do: Agency and objective chance in the psychogenetic portraits of Jaume Xifra
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The anthropology of art has been radically renewed in the last decade with Alfred Gell’s proposal of examining the agency of artworks. On the other hand, contemporary
practices of “relational” art are increasingly inspired by anthropological theories of exchange and reciprocity. This article explores the mutual engagement of anthropology
and contemporary art practices in the work of the Catalan artist Jaume Xifra. His work investigates the articulation of the questions of agency and reciprocity through a third element: objective chance.
practices of “relational” art are increasingly inspired by anthropological theories of exchange and reciprocity. This article explores the mutual engagement of anthropology
and contemporary art practices in the work of the Catalan artist Jaume Xifra. His work investigates the articulation of the questions of agency and reciprocity through a third element: objective chance.
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Sansi, Roger. “Making Do: Agency and objective chance in the psychogenetic portraits of Jaume Xifra”. Quaderns de l’Institut Català d’Antropologia, no. 21, pp. 91-106, https://raco.cat/index.php/QuadernsICA/article/view/109914.
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