A companion to contemporary art since 1945 / edited by Amelia Jones.
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TextSeries: Blackwell companions in art history ; 1.Publication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2006.Description: xx, 628 p.: ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 1405135425 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781405135429 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 709.04 JON
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context.
Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field. Contains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture. Offers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I. Introduction. Writing contemporary art into history, a paradox? / Amelia Jones. -- Pt. II. Decades. America and its discontents: art and politics 1945-60 / Gavin Butt ; The 1960s: a decade out-of-bounds / Anna Dezeuze ; I\'m sort of sliding around in place...ummm...: art in the 1970s / Sam Gathercole ; Pictures and positions in the 1980s / Howard Singerman ; 1990-2005: in the clutches of time / Henry M. Sayre. -- Pt. III. Aesthetics. Form and formless / Caroline A. Jones ; Re: Thinking the Duchamp effect / David Hopkins ; Regarding beauty / Margaret Morgan. -- Pt. IV. Politics. Avant-garde: a historiography of a critical concept / Johanne Lamoureux ; Facture for change: US activist art since 1950 / Jennifer González and Adrienne Posner ; The senators were revolted: homophobia and the culture wars / Jonathan D. Katz ; Crowds and connoisseurs: art and the public sphere in America / Grant Kester.
Pt. V. Identity/subjectivity. The writerly artist: beautiful, boring, and blue / Carol Mavor ; Diaspora: multiple practices, multiple worldviews / Steven Nelson ; Power and pleasure: feminist art practice and theory in the United States and Britain / Laura Meyer ; Queer wallpaper / Jennifer Doyle ; Implications of blackness in contemporary art / Pauline de Souza ; The paradoxical bodies of contemporary art / Christine Ross. -- Pt. VI. Methods/theories. A shadow of Marx / Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska ; Poststucturalism and contemporary art, past, present, future... / Sarah Wilson ; Fragments of collapsing space: postcolonial theory and contemporary art / Mark Crinson ; Visual culture studies: questions of history, theory, and practice / Marquard Smith. -- Pt. VII. Technology. That\'s all folks: contemporary art and popular culture / Nick Mirzoeff ; Image + text: reconsidering photography in contemporary art / Liz Kotz ; Imagine there\'s no image (It\'s easy if you try): appropriation in the age of digital reproduction / Dore Bowen ; Life-like: historicizing process and responsiveness in digital art / Maria Fernández.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures (p. ix)
- Notes on Contributors (p. xiv)
- Series Editor's Preface (p. xviii)
- Acknowledgments (p. xix)
- Part I Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Writing Contemporary Art into History, a Paradox? (p. 3)
- Part II Decades (p. 17)
- 1945-60
- 2 "America" and its Discontents: Art and Politics 1945-60 (p. 19)
- 1960-70
- 3 The 1960s: A Decade Out-of-Bounds (p. 38)
- 1970-80
- 4 "I'm sort of sliding around in place ... ummm ...": Art in the 1970s (p. 60)
- 1980-90
- 5 Pictures and Positions in the 1980s (p. 83)
- 1990-2005
- 6 1990-2005: In the Clutches of Time (p. 107)
- Part III Aesthetics (p. 125)
- Formalism
- 7 Form and Formless (p. 127)
- Art as Idea
- 8 Re-Thinking the "Duchamp Effect" (p. 145)
- Beauty
- 9 Regarding Beauty (p. 164)
- Part IV Politics (p. 189)
- Avant-Garde
- 10 Avant-Garde: A Historiography of a Critical Concept (p. 191)
- Activism
- 11 Facture for Change: US Activist Art since 1950 (p. 212)
- Culture Wars
- 12 "The Senators Were Revolted": Homophobia and the Culture Wars (p. 231)
- Art and Its Public(s)
- 13 Crowds and Connoisseurs: Art and the Public Sphere in America (p. 249)
- Part V Identity/Subjectivity (p. 269)
- The Artist
- 14 The Writerly Artist: Beautiful, Boring, and Blue (p. 271)
- Diaspora
- 15 Diaspora: Multiple Practices, Multiple Worldviews (p. 296)
- Feminism
- 16 Power and Pleasure: Feminist Art Practice and Theory in the United States and Britain (p. 317)
- Queer
- 17 Queer Wallpaper (p. 343)
- Race/Ethnicity
- 18 Implications of Blackness in Contemporary Art (p. 356)
- Embodiment
- 19 The Paradoxical Bodies of Contemporary Art (p. 378)
- Part VI Methods/Theories (p. 401)
- Marxism
- 20 A Shadow of Marx (p. 403)
- Poststructuralism
- 21 Poststructuralism and Contemporary Art, Past, Present, Future ... (p. 424)
- Postcolonial Theory
- 22 "Fragments of Collapsing Space": Postcolonial Theory and Contemporary Art (p. 450)
- Visual Culture
- 23 Visual Culture Studies: Questions of History, Theory, and Practice (p. 470)
- Part VII Technology (p. 491)
- Mass Culture, High/Low
- 24 "That's All Folks": Contemporary Art and Popular Culture (p. 493)
- Photography/Index
- 25 Image + Text: Reconsidering Photography in Contemporary Art (p. 512)
- Spectacle/Appropriation
- 26 Imagine There's No Image (It's Easy If You Try): Appropriation in the Age of Digital Reproduction (p. 534)
- Digital Media
- 27 "Life-like": Historicizing Process and Responsiveness in Digital Art (p. 557)
- Index (p. 582)