The Body in Contemporary Art

ISBN-13: 9780500204009 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str.

Sally O'Reilly

Opis

Organized thematically, the book focuses on subjects such as nature and technology, the grotesque, identity politics, and the place of the individual in society. Featuring work by artists such as Matthew Barney, Marlene Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, Oleg Kulik, and Ernesto Neto, it shows how the body continues to be pivotal to the understanding and expression of our place in the universe.

Recenzje

'O'Reilly's plain language and the simple structure of the book make it authoritative' - The Art Newspaper

Spis treści

1. Representation and Presence - 2. The Body in Time and Space - 3. Difference and Solidarity - 4. Nature, Myth, Technology - 5. Grotesque: Monsters, deviation, abjection, disappearance, death - 6. Over to You/Into the World 4000 - 7. Revised and Remade

O autorze

Sally O'Reilly is a writer who contributes regularly to various art magazines including Art Monthly, Frieze, Art Review and Time Out. She has written numerous catalogue essays for international museums and galleries. She has curated and produced a number of performance events, bothindependently and as one of the founders of Brown Mountain College of the Performing Arts.