Sarah Lowndes Book Launch All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art

All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art is a collection of recent conversations and writings by Glasgow based writer and curator Sarah Lowndes (author of Social Sculpture: Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene). The collection opens with a previously unpublished conversation from 2008 between Lowndes, Art and Language collaborator Mayo Thompson and AMM member and forefather of electro-acoustic sound, Keith Rowe. Also included are essays on Berlin-based artist Thea Djordjadze and Glasgow-based Turner Prize winner Richard Wright. A 2011 conversation between Lowndes and American conceptual artist Susan Hiller and an essay exploring the late autobiographical works of German-Swiss artist and writer Dieter Roth complete this series of investigations into the performative practices of leading contemporary artists.

Dr. Sarah Lowndes is a writer and curator and a lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. She has contributed to publications including Frieze and Afterall as well as to catalogues for international institutions. An expanded second edition of her book Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene was published by The Luath Press in 2010. Her curatorial projects include Three Blows (2008), Votive (2009), Urlibido (2010), Dialogue of Hands (2012), Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow Since World War II (2012) and The Glasgow Weekend: Art, Design and Music from Glasgow (2013). She is also the editor of the prose, poetry and art magazine The Burning Sand.

All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art is published by Luath Press.