| Description |
264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
FOREWORD Why does art need to be explained? "Hegel, Biedermeier, and the intractably Avant-Garde" / Arthur C. Danto -- pt. ONE SOME THEMES -- NATURE -- 1. Detachment : Laurie Simmons's art demonstrates that objects and events once ordained by nature are now simulated, synthesized, and manufactured -- 2. Affinity : Wolfgang Laib participates in nature's processes, acquiesces to nature's cycles, and honors nature's substances by creating art with pollen -- 3. Reinstatement : Mel Chin reclaims tainted land. Nature has forfeited its role in art as a model of harmony and has become, instead, an object in need of restitution -- THE ARTIST -- 4. Self-documentation : On Kawara documents his life exclusively in terms defined by modern science -- by chronicling the time and place of his activities -- 5. Self-transcendence : Marina Abramovic surpasses mundane experience by subjecting herself to physical ordeals and mental stress -- 6. Self-eradication : Sophie Calle conducts activities dramatizing contemporary causes of the depletion of spirit and the loss of self-determination -- 7. Self-sacrifice : Gilbert and George sacrifice normal lives to become a work of art -- 8. Self-sanctification : Orlan celebrates her transformation through plastic surgery, glorifying these medical procedures as reincarnations of a saint -- THE COMMUNAL SELF -- 9. An African-american man : David Hammons -- 10. A chicano woman : Amalia Mesa-Bains -- 11. A Native american man : James Luna -- 12. A Japanese-American woman : Tomie Arai -- 13. A Hispanic homosexual man : Felix Gonzalez-Torres -- 14. A white heterosexual man : David Salle -- pt. TWO SOME PROCESSES -- 15. Compulsive activity : Janine Antoni abandons herself to obsessive behaviors that afflict many women today -- 16. Labor : Donald Sultan constructs paintings in the manner of a laborer building a house -- 17. Shopping : Haim Steinbach shops, producing art in a manner consistent with the age of consumerism -- 18. Mechanics and electronics : Rosemarie Trockel elicits the gender implications of mechanical and electronic processes of production -- 19. Data collecting : Chuck Close dissects the human form into units suitable for tabulating, measuring, and computer processing -- pt. THREE SOME MEDIUMS -- 20. Rummage : Christian Boltanski gathers humble materials to stimulate historic memories and awaken conscience -- 21. Urine : Andres Serrano examines the conflict between the urges of the body, the forces of the marketplace, and Christian piety -- 22. Blood : Carolee Schneemann contrasts female association of blood with health and fertility and male association of blood with illness and injury -- 23. Cybertechnology : Toni Dove immerses the viewer in the limitless expanse of cyberspace -- pt. FOUR SOME PURPOSES -- 24. Political reformation : Joseph Beuys campaigned to establish an active, -- participatory democracy in which all citizens are artists -- 25. Mental composure : Andrea Zittel designs people's eating, dressing, and sleeping so that confusion is replaced with clarity, and anxiety with calm -- 26. Gender equity : Barbara Kruger inserts healing and uplifting messages into existing media networks by empowering women and other subjugated peoples -- 27. Honesty : Jeff Koons blatantly proclaims his greed, lust, and ambition and recommends them as the means to achieve happiness -- pt. FIVE SOME AESTHETICS -- 28. Humor : Meyer Vaisman attires dead, stuffed turkeys in ludicrous outfits to -- satirize human vanity, stupidity, arrogance, pretension, and insecurity -- 29. Smell : Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler exploit smell to awaken historic memories and preserve the principles upon which America was founded -- 30. Sound : Vito Acconci uses sound to sculpt space, express emotion, and elicit narratives -- 31. Homeliness : Mike Kelley confronts the discrepancies between reality and the images of eternal perfection contrived by the media -- 32. Ephemerality : Paul Thek acknowledged the inevitability of flux and death by -- incorporating metamorphosis and decay into his art -- 33. Irrationality : Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin subvert the rational mind to activate intuitive and spiritual faculties -- 34. Inconsistency : Gerhard Richter engages a multitude of formats and mediums, thus rejecting the assertion that exalted artists originate a distinctive style -- 35. Unoriginality : Sherrie Levine reproduces artworks created by celebrated modernist artists instead of inventing her own -- AFTERWORtHow is Avant-Garde art evaluated? "Value in an age of chaos" / Thomas McEvilley. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Harry I. Naar, Professor Emeritus. |
| Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Art, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Art and society.
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Art and society. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Added Author |
Danto, Arthur C., 1924-2013.
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McEvilley, Thomas, 1939-2013.
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| ISBN |
9780965198813 (soft) |
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0965198812 (soft) |
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9780965198806 (hardcover) |
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0965198804 (hardcover) |
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