Death of the Artist

Nicola McCartney is an artist and educator. She is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central St Martins, University of the Arts London. She was previously Associate Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and has taught fine art and critical theory at The Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University. She is also a practising artist and has exhibited throughout London and the UK, received public commissions and undertaken residencies.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Parodies of the Self: Surrealism and Ambivalent Authorship in ‘Rrose Selavy’ and ‘Claude Cahun’2. Collective Practice: Art & Language and LuckyPDFInterview: Socio-Art & The Art of Interaction: James Early of LuckyPDFInterviewed by Nicola McCartney on 9 May 20133. Anonymity and Feminism: Guerrilla GirlsInterview: Feminist Avengers: Guerrilla GirlsInterviewed by Nicola McCartney on 14 August 20134. Pseudonyms: Bob and Roberta SmithInterview: Art Mythologies: Bob and Roberta SmithInterviewed by Nicola McCartney on 18 February 20135. Performance and Collaboration: ‘No, I’m Spartacus’. . . Chetwynd!ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

This book is a fine contribution to the study of modern art and artists and will help us to understand the practice and significance of alternative identities, pseudonyms and collective identity.