Documents of Contemporary Art: Failure artist-Rirkrit-Tiravinija alongside scholarly essays which contribute

alongside scholarly essays which contribute a range of new perspectives

his figurative paintings depict lean and ungainly characters in darkly humorous narratives

Michael Landy's work ruminates on consumerism and ownership and unflinchingly observes life with a distinctive and spartan honesty

After leaving school at 16

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Documents of Contemporary Art: Failure artist-Rirkrit-Tiravinija alongside scholarly essays which contributeEdited by Lisa Le Feuvre Part of the acclaimed Documents of Contemporary Art series of anthologies which collect writing on major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of the world. Here success is deemed overrated, doubt embraced, experimentation encouraged and risk