The state of art criticism / edited by James Elkins and Michael Newman.
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TextSeries: Art seminar ; v. 4.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: x, 410 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0415977878 (pbk.)
- 9780415977876
- 701.18 ELK
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 701.18 ELK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100396929 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Art criticism is spurned by universities, but widely produced and read. It is seldom theorized and its history has hardly been investigated. The State of Art Criticism presents an international conversation among art historians and critics that considers the relation between criticism and art history and poses the question of whether criticism may become a university subject.
Contributors includenbsp;Dave Hickey, James Panero, Stephen Melville, Lynne Cook, Michael Newman, Whitney Davis, Irit Rogoff, Guy Brett and Boris Groys.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. The recovery of criticism / Michael Schreyach -- Starting points. The specificity of criticism and its need for philosophy / Michael Newman -- Critical reflections / Boris Groys -- On the absence of judgment in art criticism / James Elkins -- What is a theorist? / Irit Rogoff -- Is this anything? or, criticism in the university / Stephen Melville -- The art seminars -- Assessments -- Afterwords. The states of art criticism / James Elkins and Michael Newman -- The state of art criticism, reviewed / Maja Naef.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
James Elkins is E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His many books include Pictures and Tears, How to Use Your Eyes, and What Painting Is, all published by Routledge.
nbsp;Michael Newman teaches in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is Professor of Art Writing at Goldsmiths College in the University of London. His publications include the books Richard Prince: Untitled (couple) and Jeff Wall, and he is co-editor with Jon Bird of Rewriting Conceptual Art.