FORMER WEST researcher Bishop’s influential account of the history of installation art, this book charts the shifts and developments in the practice (focusing on the post-1960 period), which has become one of the key forms of contemporary art production. With many images and a consideration of artists such as: Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Judy Chicago, Olafur Eliasson, Group Material, Isaac Julien, Ilya Kabakov, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Smithson, etc.