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Art + Archive provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between art and the archive at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book examines how the archive emerged in art writing in the mid-1990s and how its subsequent ubiquity can be understood in light of wider social, technological, philosophical and art-historical conditions and concerns. Deftly combining writing on archives from different disciplines with artistic practices, the book clarifies the function and meaning of one of the most persistent artworld buzzwords of recent years, shedding light on the conceptual and historical implications of the so-called archival turn in contemporary art.
Mavo were aJapanese group of artists active in Tokyo from 1923-1925.
Dedicated to art practices that mobilize the model of the archive, Staging the Archive demonstrates the ways in which such “archival artworks” probe the possibilities of what art is and what it can do. Through a variety of media, methodologies and perspectives, the artists surveyed here also challenge the principles on which the notions of organization, evidence, and documentation are built. The earliest examples of the modern archival artwork were made in the 1930s, but only since the 1960s have artists really embraced archival principles to inform, structure, and shape their works. This includes practices that consist of archive construction, archaeological investigation, record keepin...
"This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn't die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium." "Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hall...
台灣唯一,經典英語學習版 跟著美國最會說故事的校長爺爺,一起擴充你的英語字彙! 全美中小學生指定讀物,西方家庭必備經典 50位教育人士、讀者一致推薦,國中小學生必讀「跨領域」、「知識性」讀物 ◎台灣唯一,經典英語學習版,讓你從故事中擴充重要的英語字彙。 ◎全球超過10,000,000萬人讀過的藝術史,遍及美國、韓國、日本、中國 ◎獲選美國中小學最佳讀物 ◎1924年首印後,不斷再版,至今仍然是美國卡爾維特學校的明星課程 世界這麼大、藝術看起來好難,要了解這些偉大藝術品,是不是覺得很難呢? 原來,...
"Focuses primarliy on the social and historical context in which art was made and used"--Bibliographic essay (p. 326).
Experience the uplifting power of art on this breathtaking visual tour of 2,500 paintings and sculptures created by more than 700 artists from Michelangelo to Damien Hirst. This beautiful book brings you the very best of world art from cave paintings to Neoexpressionism. Enjoy iconic must-see works, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Monet's Waterlilies and discover less familiar artists and genres from all parts of the globe. Art That Changed the World covers the full sweep of world art, including the Ming era in China, and Japanese, Hindu, and Indigenous Australian art. It analyses recurring themes such as love and religion, explaining key genres from Romanesque to Conceptual art....
"Line Art Archive with thousands of historic and original illustrations, the CSA Archive Catalog is a visual dictionary documenting the most diverse and comprehensive collection of twentieth-century American line art ever compiled."--Back cover.