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Pop Art
Originating in England in the mid 1950s, Pop Art developed its full potential in the USA in the 1960s. It substitutes the everyday for the splendid; mass-produced articles are assigned the same importance as one-offs; the difference between high culture and popular culture is swept away. Media and advertising are among the preferred contents of Pop Art, which celebrates the consumer society in its own witty fashion. The enthusiasm generated by Pop Art since the first works were exhibited has never died down -- it is greater today than ever before. Book jacket.
Pioneering Participatory Art Practices
Participatory art practices allow members of an audience to actively contribute to the creation of art. Annemarie Kok provides a detailed analysis and explanation of the use of participatory strategies in art in the so-called ›long sixties‹ (starting around 1958 and ending around 1974) in Western Europe. Drawing on extensive archival materials and with the help of the toolbox of the actor-network theory, she maps out the various actors of three case studies of participatory projects by John Dugger and David Medalla, Piotr Kowalski, and telewissen, all of which were part of documenta 5 (Kassel, 1972).
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set
The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.
Gerhard Richter
This fascinating book offers unprecedented insight into artist Gerhard Richter's life and work. From his childhood in Nazi Germany to his time in the West during the turbulent 1960s and '70s, this work presents a complete portrait of the often-reclusive Richter.
Werkstatt Für Photographie, 1976-1986
This is the first book on the history, influences and impact of the Werkstatt für Photography (Photography Workshop), founded by the Berlin photographer Michael Schmidt at the Volkshochschule Kreuzberg in 1976. In the midst of the Cold War, the Werkstatt initiated a democratic field of experimentation beyond the pale of traditional vocational and political-institutional standards. Those same years witnessed the establishment of infrastructures in West Germany that paved the way for the emancipation of photography as an art form: Documenta 6 (1977), the first photo galleries and photography journals and a number of pathbreaking exhibitions. Berlin, Hanover and Essen played important roles in that process. This book presents the story of German photography in the 1970s and '80s, its international ties, its protagonists and its networks.
Der (im-)perfekte Mensch
Menschen gelten als normal, oder sie werden als abweichend oder behindert wahrgenommen. Die Bedeutung dieser Unterscheidung ist veranderlichen historischen Bedingungen unterworfen. Dass sich uberhaupt ein Leitbild vom Menschen etabliert hat, ist auf kein biologisches oder anthropologisches Faktum zuruckzufuhren. Es ist vielmehr Folge einer Kette von wissenschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Ereignissen. Ausgehend von der Wahrnehmung behinderter Menschen zeichnet das Buch Geschichte und Gegenwart von Abweichung und Normalitat nach. Es reicht von den Freakshows des 19. Jahrhunderts, in denen dreibeinige oder Spitzkopf-Menschen ausgestellt wurden, uber die mit der Herstellung ausgefallener oder fehlender Korperfunktionen befasste Prothetik des Ersten Weltkriegs bis zu den Biowissenschaften und genetischen Experimenten des 21. Jahrhunderts, die im Vertrauen auf die Fahigkeit zur Vervollkommnung des Menschen dessen Umbau anvisieren.
Klaus Honnef
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