


Paperback
Published: 17th August 1994
ISBN: 9780860914570
Number Of Pages: 327
Leading art historians and artist-writers discuss some of the most important artists of the postwar period and take a critical look at the construction of modern art history.
Acknowledgements | |
Notes on Contributors | |
Introduction: Art Has No History! Reflections on Art History and Historical Materialism | p. 1 |
Francis Picabia: Another Failure to Interpret the Work | p. 37 |
The Difficult Freedom of Ad Reinhardt | p. 63 |
Figuring Jasper Johns | p. 111 |
Taxinomia and Taxomania: Some Groundwork towards an Evaluation of the Art of Robert Smithson | p. 133 |
Warhol's Voice, Benys's Face, Crow's Writing | p. 156 |
Truth and Beauty: The Ruined Abstraction of Gerhard Richter | p. 180 |
Victor Burgin's Polysemic Dreamcoat | p. 200 |
Circuit-breaking Desires: Critiquing the Work of Mary Kelly | p. 230 |
Cindy Sherman: Theory and Practice | p. 257 |
Laurie Anderson: Myth, Management and Platitude | p. 278 |
Index | p. 297 |
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ISBN: 9780860914570
ISBN-10: 0860914577
Audience:
BAG
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 327
Published: 17th August 1994
Publisher: Verso Books
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.88
x 2.54
Weight (kg): 0.53
Edition Number: 1