9 research outputs found
Mona Hatoum
Philippi offers a discussion of Hatoum's installations between 1989 and 1993, treating her use of the human body and focusing on the theme of absence and emprisonment. Brett conducts a survey of this Palestinian artist's career since 1975, discussing videos, performances and installations involving spectatorship, ambivalence, and structures of oppression. Biographical notes. 32 bibl. ref
Sight Works, Volume One : Several Enquiries
Catalogue produced in conjunction with site-specific installations made by five British artists. Four essays (two by Canadian authors) define and question the notion of "site" in relation to specularity, knowledge, history, authenticity and authority. Includes visual projects by the artists. Biographical notes. 40 bibl. ref
Parachute : The Anthology : 1975 - 2000 : Painting, Sculpture, Installation & Architecture : Vol. IV
''This final volume of the Parachute anthology gather together essays dealing with the so-called ''academic media.'' Painting, sculpture, installation, and architecture are debated from several perspectives : from new theories of aesthetic production to the expansion of the art worl, from the ''lessons'' of postmodernism to the definition and exhibition challenges causes by the proliferation of installation art. Essays discuss artists such as Mona Hatoum, Guillermo Kuica, Louise Lawler, Reinhard Mucha, Robert Ryman, Michael Snow, and include Dan Graham on Gordon Matta-Clark and Jeff Wall on Edouard Manet.''-- p. [4] of cover
The Myth of Primitivism : Perspectives on Art
"An anthology of writings and photo-essays, this is the first book to address the major cultural implications of the complex and open-ended subject of 'the primitive' in art. It scrutinizes western concepts of primitivism, 'primitive' art itself, and the ways western artists have taken over primitivist imagery, ideas, and techniques." -- Back cover
Inside the Visible : An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art in, of, and from the Feminine
This exhibition catalogue, edited by the curator, De Zheger, surveys the contribution of women to 20th century art through the work of 37 artists, splitting the contents into four thematic sections, each of which are divided into three periods: the 1930s-40s, the 1960s-70s, and the 1990s. The four sections address, respectively, feminine plurality and difference, the poetics of alterity, the interweaving of language and space, and finally, materiality and embodiment. Index, 4 p. List of works. Biographical notes. Bibliography 8 p. Circa 660 bibl. ref