Conversations Before the End of Time

"Nineteen of the most profound, intimate, and heartfelt dialogues." - Cover Magazine

In this series of nineteen dialogues with the art critic Suzi Gablik, artists, writers, and philosophers address the central questions of the meaning and purpose of art in an age of accelerating social change and spiritual uncertainty. According to the critic Hilton Kramer, art should be isolated from political and social issues. Contemporary artists such as Coco Fusco, meanwhile, explore new ways of making art that reconnects directly with the world. And Thomas Moore and James Hillman look at how art reflects the broader spiritual crises of our society as a whole.

Suzi Gablik is the author of Has Modernism Failed?, Magritte, Progress in Art, and The Reenchantment of Art. She lectures widely and has taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Virginia, and the University of the South. She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.