The Rat Bastard Protective Association: Bruce Conner and his San Francisco cohort, 1958--1968
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Title
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The Rat Bastard Protective Association: Bruce Conner and his San Francisco cohort, 1958--1968
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:535b6c5d4970:11632
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identifier
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12215
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Creator
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Aukeman, Anastasia,
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Contributor
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Anna Chave
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Art history | American studies | assemblage | Beat generation | Bruce Conner | Jay DeFeo | Rat Bastard Protective Association | West Coast
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Abstract
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This dissertation is a theoretical and historical account of the art-making activities of the Rat Bastard Protective Association, a small, close-knit community living and working in mid-century San Francisco. Assemblage was a common denominator within the group, which included Wallace Berman, Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick, and Manuel Neri, along with other, less constant members. The first book-length study devoted to the Rat Bastards, this project explores the political, social, and aesthetic concerns in their assemblages. It also reexamines the term assemblage, to take into account process and intent along with medium and technique. Allowing for this performative dimension impels a re-evaluation of these artists' works, its impact on subsequent developments, and its place among process-based practices in art since the 1950s.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Art History
