{"product_id":"lifework-on-the-autobiographical-impulse-in-contemporary-art-writing-and-theory-paperback","title":"Lifework: On the Autobiographical Impulse in Contemporary Art, Writing, and Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoran Sheleg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the critical scepticism surrounding the notion of the 'self' as a singular entity during the 1960s, many artists and writers sought to test the apparent problem posed by autobiography as both a traditional genre and as a way of working. Considering the consequent emergence of autotheory, Lifework traces this shift in artistic and literary production during the late twentieth century and beyond, examining a set of diverse practices that mine the line between what it is to make art and what it is to live life. The book's chapters connect a variety of artistic strategies that cut across medium, geography and time, uncovering how the historical marginalisation of first-person experience has taken on larger social, cultural and political implications in the contemporary moment and how the work of living might still relate to the work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does 'lifework' mean? In his 1967 essay 'The Death of the Author', Roland Barthes described Marcel Proust's novel \u003ci\u003e? la recherche du temps perdu\u003c\/i\u003e as a form of 'lifework' that changed how autobiography would be written forever. Barthes's words would prove prophetic, as the following decades saw a return to this much-derided genre, albeit through a string of artistic transformations that challenged, interrogated, and reimagined the notion of the 'self'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering a set of approaches spanning art history, literary theory, feminist, Black, trans, and queer studies, this book takes the work of art and the process of artmaking as starting points for examining what a 'lifework' might constitute and what it suggests about the relationship - both historical and contemporary - between life and work. Featuring artworks by Moyra Davey and Susan Morris, as well as examples of autotheory by Teresa Carmody and Marquis Bey, the book doubles as a space in which different forms of life-writing take place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith further contributions from Jo Applin, Lucy Bradnock, Alice Butler, Miguel de Baca, Rye Dag Holmboe, Margaret Iversen, Alistair Rider, Abi Shapiro, and Moran Sheleg, \u003ci\u003eLifework \u003c\/i\u003eis a valuable resource that brings together a range of established and emerging voices.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoran Sheleg is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of East Anglia\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53127055900979,"sku":"9781526194787","price":109.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CVDrXCebr99781526194787.webp?v=1773297447","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lifework-on-the-autobiographical-impulse-in-contemporary-art-writing-and-theory-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}