Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation (Art Criticism and Theory)

Brian Wallis

ISBN 10: 0879236329 / ISBN 13: 9780879236328

Published by David R Godine, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation (Art Criticism and Theory)
• Publisher: David R Godine
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879236329
• ISBN 13: 9780879236328
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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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