Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation

Brian Wallis

ISBN 10: 0879236329 / ISBN 13: 9780879236328

Published by David R. Godine Publisher Inc, 1992

The waning of the century-old modernist movement in the arts has called forth an array of artistic and critical responses. The 25 essays in this text provide a survey of the most provocative directions taken by art and criticism in the postmodern age. Recent directions in paintings, film, video and photograhy are explored, alongside visual artists' work with mass-media systems and imagery. The dynamics of the social network in which art is produced and disseminated is also examined. This collection should provide a useful guide to the ideas and issues surrounding the much misunderstood concept of postmodernism. Seller Inventory # CIN0879236329G

Synopsis:

The waning of the century-old modernist movement in the arts has called forth an array of artistic and critical responses. The 25 essays in this text provide a survey of the most provocative directions taken by art and criticism in the postmodern age.

Review: "Wallis has fashioned an open intellectual forum that provides an important critical framework for understanding the art of our time." --Artforum

"[C]learly the single most useful and provocative document on its subject yet published. . ." --Artweek

"One of this book's many virtues is its incitement to hard thinking, its persistent scraping away of naive myths clustered around the art-making enterprise." --The Village Voice

"[C]learly the single most useful and provocative document on its subject yet published. . ." --Artweek

"One of this book's many virtues is its incitement to hard thinking, its persistent scraping away of naive myths clustered around the art-making enterprise." --The Village Voice

Bibliographic Details

Title: Art After Modernism: Rethinking ...
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good