In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and recepti

This book draws on the work of anthropologist Alfred Gell to reinstate the importance of the object in art and society. Rather than presenting art as a passive

"Featuring the work of twenty artists, this bilingual volume includes several artists' writings ... about artist-run exhibition spaces"--P. [4] of cover.