| Description |
176 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Elephant books |
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Elephant books.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 An Introduction to Looking Again -- Christian Marclay: The Clock -- Martin Creed: Work No. 227, the Lights Going on and Off -- ch. 2 Art as Entertainment -- Jeremy Deller: Sacrilege -- Cory Arcangel: Drei Klavierstucke, Op. 11 -- ch. 3 Art as Confrontation -- Santiago Sierra: 160cm Line Tattooed on Four People -- Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself -- ch. 4 Art as Event -- Spartacus Chetwynd: A Tax Haven Run by Women -- Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present -- ch. 5 Art as Message -- Glenn Ligon: Warm Broad Glow -- Ai Weiwei: Coloured Vases -- ch. 6 Art as Joke -- Damien Hirst: For the Love of God -- Elmgreen & Dragset: The Collectors -- ch. 7 Art as Spectacle -- Tomas Saraceno: Cloud City -- Urs Fischer: You -- ch. 8 Art as Meditation -- Gerhard Richter: Cage -- Rembrandt: Self-Portrait with Two Circles |
| Summary |
Art has changed. Those reassuringly familiar styles and movements that characterised art production prior to the twenty-first century have all vanished. Traditional artistic media no longer do what we expect of them. This book provides a straightforward, six-step programme for understanding contemporary art based on the concept of the tabula rasa a clean slate and a fresh mind. Since artists increasingly work across traditional media and genres, the author has also developed an alternative classification system Art as Entertainment, Art as Confrontation, Art as Joke designed to help make sense of otherwise obscure-seeming works. Ways of Looking transforms a potentially intimidating encounter with cuttingedge contemporary art into a dramatic, sensually rewarding and thoughtprovoking experience |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Art appreciation.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Appreciation.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- History.
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Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Themes, motives.
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Modernism (Art)
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| ISBN |
1780671938 (paperback) |
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9781780671932 (paperback) |
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