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Themes of contemporary art : visual art after 1980 / Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel

Author(s): McDaniel, Craig. | Robertson, Jean, 1950-

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Main Title: Themes of contemporary art : visual art after 1980
Author(s): Robertson, Jean, 1950-
McDaniel, Craig.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c2010
Collation: xv, 344 p. : ill. (some col.)
24 cm.
ISBN: 9780195367577
Dewey Class: 709.04
Contents: Introduction. Themes of contemporary art : what, why, and how -- A brief orientation -- 1. The art world expands. Overview of history and art history : 1980-2008 -- Old media thrive, new media make waves -- A spectrum of voices emerges -- Globalization -- Theory flexes its muscles -- Art meets contemporary culture --
2. Identity. Identity in art history -- Identity is communal or relational -- Identity politics -- Identity is constructed -- Post identity -- Profile: Nancy Burson -- Profile: Shirin Neshat --
3. The body. Past figurative art -- A new spin on the body -- The body beautiful -- Sexual bodies -- The gaze -- Mortal bodies -- Posthuman bodies -- Profile: Renee Cox -- Profile: Zhang Huan --
4. Time. Time and art history -- Changing views of time -- Exploring the structure of time -- Revisiting the past -- Commemorating the past -- Profile: Brian Tolle -- Profile: Cornelia Parker --
5. Place. Places have meanings -- Places have value -- History's influence -- Looking at places -- Looking out for places -- Real and simulated places -- Placeless spaces -- What's public? What's private? -- In-between places -- Profile: Janet Cardiff -- Profile: Unilever Series at Tate Modern --
6. Language. Words with art : a history -- Art with words : a history -- Recent theories of language -- Reasons for using language -- Language makes meaning -- Language takes form -- Wielding the power of language -- Naming -- Confronting the challenge of translation -- Using text in the information age -- Profile: Nina Katchadourian -- Profile: Ken Aptekar --
7. Science. What is science -- Artists as amateur scientists -- Artists adopt scientific tools and materials -- The ideology of science -- The visual culture of science -- Classifying humans in the genomic age -- Is nature natural? -- Marveling at the universe -- Profile: Patricia Piccinini -- Profile: Eduardo Kac --
8. Spirituality. Spirituality and religion -- A short history -- A few strategies -- Finding faith and harboring doubt -- Expressing religious identities -- Facing death, doom, and destruction -- Mingling the sacred and the secular -- Profile: Jose Bedia -- Profile: Bill Viola -- Timeline (1980-2008).
Language: English
Subject: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Themes, motives.
BRN: 3494

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