Boundaries Of Modern Art

Author : Richard Pooler
Publisher : Arena books
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781909421110

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'Conceptual art in the Western world is in crisis.' That is the view of many people who are disillusioned with what they regard as its attention-seeking antics, where artists themselves have proudly proclaimed 'the death of art'. Why has art been on this road to destruction, and how did it get there? How does one make sense of the bewildering complexity of Conceptual art, and how does one extract meaning from its diverse and sometimes bizarre manifestations? This predicament needs explanation, and an exploration of the theoretical underpinnings of modern and contemporary art, and a means to evaluate it. This book starts with a summarised overview of the major art movements since the beginning of the twentieth century, a tracing of the extraordinary journey that art has followed in modern times.The next part considers contemporary art movements, to explore whether they have value, and how that value can be determined. Are the activities that take place in the name of art actually art? Or, as some would have it, is it a gigantic sham, manipulated by clowns to make a trap for fools? To some, it is an outrage that modern and contemporary artists can splash paint around quickly and freely, with a modicum of skill, or assemble a range of found objects, and regard themselves as gifted and creative artists. Others see this as a new, forward-rolling wave, with art at last released from the suffocation and restrictions of the past. The rules have been cast aside. There are fresh ways of exploring and seeing the world, and expressing it freely. The world is constantly changing, and art must change with it. Modern art has followed a long journey. Traditions have been largely cast aside, and replaced with an unceasing search for the new. Our apparent progress is now being questioned. Where do we go from here? Are we on the right road? The second half of this book discusses how we can make sense of contemporary art and assign value to an artwork.Traditional painting and sculpture have physical limits, Conceptual art does not. This is a new freedom - but is it freedom for art, or freedom from art?

Author : Richard Pooler
Publisher : Arena books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781909421011

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'Conceptual art in the Western world is in crisis.' That is the view of many people who are disillusioned with what they regard as its attention-seeking antics, where artists themselves have proudly proclaimed 'the death of art'. Why has art been on this road to destruction, and how did it get there? How does one make sense of the bewildering complexity of Conceptual art, and how does one extract meaning from its diverse and sometimes bizarre manifestations? This predicament needs explanation, and an exploration of the theoretical underpinnings of modern and contemporary art, and a means to evaluate it. This book starts with a summarised overview of the major art movements since the beginning of the twentieth century, a tracing of the extraordinary journey that art has followed in modern times. The next part considers contemporary art movements, to explore whether they have value, and how that value can be determined. Are the activities that take place in the name of art actually art? Or, as some would have it, is it a gigantic sham, manipulated by clowns to make a trap for fools?To some, it is an outrage that modern and contemporary artists can splash paint around quickly and freely, with a modicum of skill, or assemble a range of found objects, and regard themselves as gifted and creative artists. Others see this as a new, forward-rolling wave, with art at last released from the suffocation and restrictions of the past. The rules have been cast aside. There are fresh ways of exploring and seeing the world, and expressing it freely. The world is constantly changing, and art must change with it. Modern art has followed a long journey. Traditions have been largely cast aside, and replaced with an unceasing search for the new. Our apparent progress is now being questioned. Where do we go from here? Are we on the right road? The second half of this book discusses how we can make sense of contemporary art and assign value to an artwork. Traditional painting and sculpture have physical limits, Conceptual art does not. This is a new freedom - but is it freedom for art, or freedom from art?

Author : Richard Kalina
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350154759

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The Changing Boundaries and Nature of the Modern Art World by Richard Kalina Pdf

Concentrating on the shifting boundaries and definition of art, Richard Kalina offers a panoramic view of the contemporary art scene over the last 30 years. His focus is on the ongoing development of concepts, the transformation of art worlds and the social matrices in which they are created. Discussing painting in general and abstract painting in particular, his survey takes in photorealism, sculpture and art forms found outside of the modernist tradition. Kalina's group of artists includes Mel Bochner, Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Franz West, and Alma Thomas who, in their ongoing projects, explicitly or implicitly questioned the aesthetic assumptions of their times. Merging an examination of animating philosophies and context - political, social, and personal - with a sharply focused look at the works of art themselves, Kalina brings us closer to understanding the social matrices in which art is embedded and responds to bigger questions about the object nature of the work of art in today's world.

Author : Richard Kalina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 1350154768

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The reality of abstraction -- Excerpts from Imagining the present : context, content and the role of the critic -- Frames and personas.

Author : Vera L. Zolberg,Joni Maya Cherbo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521581117

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Outsider Art by Vera L. Zolberg,Joni Maya Cherbo Pdf

Explores post-modernist dissolution of artistic hierarchies and evolution of different art forms

Author : Gerald Woods,Philip Thompson,John Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Arts, Modern
ISBN : UCSD:31822013241963

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Art Without Boundaries by Gerald Woods,Philip Thompson,John Williams Pdf

Author : Fereshteh Daftari
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 0870700855

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Without Boundary by Fereshteh Daftari Pdf

Is it possible to speak of a contemporary art with an Islamic difference? This question is the subject of an exhibition that brings together artists who come from the Islamic world. Tapping into certain aesthetic, political, and spiritual notions, this book seeks to highlight the nuanced reactions of each individual artist.

Author : Jan Dirk Baetens,Dries Lyna
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004291997

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Art Crossing Borders by Jan Dirk Baetens,Dries Lyna Pdf

Art Crossing Borders offers a thought-provoking analysis of the internationalisation of the art market during the long nineteenth century. Twelve experts, dealing with a wide variety of geographical, temporal, and commercial contexts, explore how the gradual integration of art markets structurally depended on the simultaneous rise of nationalist modes of thinking, in unexpected and ambiguous ways. By presenting a radically international research perspective Art Crossing Borders offers a crucial contribution to the field of art market studies.

Author : Jack Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0877456771

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Art Without Boundaries by Jack Anderson Pdf

Anderson discusses the increasingly bold approaches of choreographers and dancers after World War I, how the politically troubled thirties gave rise to social protest dance in America, and how the menace of facism was reflected in the work of European practitioners. Following World War II many European nations turned to ballet, whereas American modern dance prospered under inventive new choreographers like Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and Alwin Nikolais. The book concludes with an authoritative view of how modern dance thrives once again on a worldwide basis.

Author : Irina D. Costache,Clare Kunny
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000898033

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Historical Narratives of Global Modern Art by Irina D. Costache,Clare Kunny Pdf

Diversifying the current art historical scholarship, this edited volume presents the untold story of modern art by exposing global voices and perspectives excluded from the privileged and uncontested narrative of “isms.” This volume tells a worldwide story of art with expanded historical narratives of modernism. The chapters reflect on a wide range of issues, topics, and themes that have been marginalized or outright excluded from the canon of modern art. The goal of this book is to be a starting point for understanding modern art as a broad and inclusive field of study. The topics examine diverse formal expressions, innovative conceptual approaches, and various media used by artists around the world and forcefully acknowledge the connections between art, historical circumstances, political environments, and social issues such as gender, race, and social justice. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, imperial and colonial history, modernism, and globalization.

Author : Pam Meecham,Julie Sheldon
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0415172357

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Modern Art by Pam Meecham,Julie Sheldon Pdf

This textbook provides a comprehensive guide to modern and post-modern art. The authors bring together history, theory and the art works themselves to help students understand how and why art has developed during the 20th century.

Author : Lynda Lee Jessup
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781442655669

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Antimodernism and Artistic Experience by Lynda Lee Jessup Pdf

Antimodernism is a term used to describe the international reaction to the onslaught of the modern world that swept across industrialized Western Europe, North America, and Japan in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century. Scholars in art history, anthropology, political science, history, and feminist media studies explore antimodernism as an artistic response to a perceived sense of loss – in particular, the loss of 'authentic' experience. Embracing the 'authentic' as a redemptive antidote to the threat of unheralded economic and social change, antimodernism sought out experience supposedly embodied in pre-industrialized societies – in medieval communities or 'oriental cultures,' in the Primitive, the Traditional, or Folk. In describing the ways in which modern artists used antimodern constructs in formulating their work, the contributors examine the involvement of artists and intellectuals in the reproduction and diffusion of these concepts. In doing so they reveal the interrelation of fine art, decorative art, souvenir or tourist art, and craft, questioning the ways in which these categories of artistic expression reformulate and naturalise social relations in the field of cultural production.

Author : Jerry Saltz,Roberta Smith,Peter Halley
Publisher : Van Der Marck Editions
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art, American
ISBN : UOM:39076000406434

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Beyond Boundaries by Jerry Saltz,Roberta Smith,Peter Halley Pdf

Author : Stephanie D'Alessandro,Matthew Gale
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588397270

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Surrealism Beyond Borders by Stephanie D'Alessandro,Matthew Gale Pdf

Surrealism Beyond Borders challenges conventional narratives of a revolutionary artistic, literary, and philosophical movement. Tracing Surrealism's influence and legacy from the 1920s to the late 1970s in places as geographically diverse as Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Romania, Syria, Thailand, and Turkey, this publication includes more than 300 works of art in a variety of media by well-known figures—including Dalí, Ernst, Kahlo, Magritte, and Miró—as well as numerous artists who are less widely known. Contributions from more than forty distinguished international scholars explore the network of Surrealist exchange and collaboration, artists' responses to the challenges of social and political unrest, and the experience of displacement and exile in the twentieth century. The multiple narratives addressed in this expansive book move beyond the borders of history, geography, and nationality to provocatively redraw the map of Surrealism.

Author : Hugh Marlais Davies,Ronald J. Onorato,Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : UOM:39015039050854

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Blurring the Boundaries by Hugh Marlais Davies,Ronald J. Onorato,Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Pdf

Far from being the latest movement or a new development in contemporary art, installation art, one could argue, is only the most recent manifestation of the oldest tradition in art, going as far back as the prehistoric paintings on cave walls at Lascaux. Fundamental to this work are its habitation and incorporation of a physical site, a connection to real conditions - be they visual, historical, or social - and often, a bridging of traditional art boundaries. The aesthetic power of installation art does not reside in the singular, commodified object but rather in the artwork's ability to become, not merely represent, the continuum of real experience. Blurring the Boundaries examines the subject of installation art through the permanent collection and exhibition record of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, an institution with a unique heritage in support of such art dating back to the 1960s.