Littoral art is a term used by Canadian artist and writer Bruce Barber to describe art occurring outside of the institutions of the artworld.Christine Ross, The Aesthetics of Disengagement: Contemporary Art and Depression, University of Minnesota Press, 2006, p138. It is a manifestation of Nicolas Bourriaud's relational aesthetics and is public and community-based, emphasizing the interaction between artists and spectators. The idea derives from Habermas's concept of communicative action.
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2. Barber, Bruce Littoral Art and Communicative Action edited by Marc James Leger, Common Ground Press, Illinois 2013 External links
Sentences on Littoral Art by Bruce Barber