David Maroto

The Artist's Novel T.2

Why do artists write novels? What does the artists novel do to the visual arts? How should such a novel be experienced? The Artists Novel: The Novel as a Medium in the Visual Arts finds its momentum in the current international art scene, where the debate about the hybridisation of visual arts and literature is becoming increasingly prominent. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of visual artists who create novels as part of their wider art projects. They do so in order to address ar...