Sculpture in the Age of Doubt (Aesthetics Today) - Softcover

McEvilley, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581150237 ISBN 13: 9781581150230

Publisher: Allworth, 1999

Synopsis

Framed in a lucid discussion of the intellectual issues surrounding the postmodern movement, the essays in this book re-examine the course of twentieth-century art through the work of twenty-five major sculptors. McEvilley masterfully traces the evolution of modern sculpture from the readymades of Marcel Duchamp to the anti-painting statements of the 1960s to the spiritualism and conceptualism of the 1980s and 1990s. This is a groundbreaking work in the field of art criticism and a fundamental text for anyone interested in the history of current art and culture.

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From the Back Cover:

Sculpture in the Age of Doubt is a revelatory exploration of the course of twentieth-century sculpture framed in a lucid discussion of the major issues surrounding the post- Modern movement. It traces the evolution of Modern sculpture from its earliest break with representation and illusion to the unconstrained independence it has achieved in contemporary art. Beginning with the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp and continuing into the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s with the anti-illusion statements of Pop Art, New Realism, Minimalism, Conceptualism, and Performance Art, McEvilley unearths the significance of post-Modern theories and attitudes in the works of twenty-five preeminent sculptors. A groundbreaking work in the realm of twentieth-century art history and criticism, this is a fundamental text for anyone following the development of art into the new century.

The artists include (in order of appearance): Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Broodthaers, Dennis Oppenheim, Jannis Kounellis, Lucas Samaras, Eric Orr, Wolfgang Laib, Marina Abramovi , Michael Tracy, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Marinus Boezem, Louise Bourgeois, Mel Chin, James Lee Byars, Meret Oppenheim, Edward Kienholz, Jana Sterbak, Tony Cragg, Francesc Torres, Elaine Reichek, Leonardo Drew, Gerhard Merz, Dove Bradshaw, and James Croak.

Co-published with the School of Visual Arts as part of the Aesthetics Today series.

About the Author:

Thomas Mcevilley is Distinguished Lecturer in Art History at Rice University, where he has been on the faculty since 1969. The author holds a Ph.D. in classical philology. In addition to Greek and Latin, he has studied Sanskrit and has taught numerous courses in Greek and Indian culture, history of religion and philosophy, and art. He has published countless scholarly monographs and articles in various journals on early Greek poetry, philosophy, and religion as well as on contemporary art and culture. He has been a visiting professor at Yale University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Grant in 1993 and has been awarded an NEA critic’s grant and the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism by the College Art Association. His other books include Sculpture in the Age of Doubt (Allworth Press). He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allworth
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1581150237
• ISBN 13: 9781581150230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448