| Description |
ix, 493 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
"The 1980s began with an aggressive attempt to reassert the old dominance of painting. But a major exhibition in London, 'A new spirit in painting', included some like Per Kirkeby and A. R. Penck, who regarded paint on canvas as only one way of working among many. It also gave prominence to a range of figurative painters exploring fresh territory. Artists as substantial as Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer finally began to receive the attention they deserved. The decade also witnesses a flowering of art from women. An impressive number, including Helen Chadwick, Shirazeh Houshiary, Magdelena Jetelova, Cindy Sherman and Alison Wilding, played a distinguished part in the vitality of the new art. Meanwhile, interest grew in work beyond the familiar Euro-American boundaries, particularly from Africa, Bangladesh, the Caribbean, India and Japan. Corks also explores the wildly excessive reputation-making of sthe 1980s, spurred on by inflated prices in an ominously overheated market, and charts the decline of New York's dominance of the art world" - back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Art, British -- 20th century -- Themes, motives.
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Art -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| LC no. |
2002153137 |
| ISBN |
0300095090 paperback |
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