Description |
ix, 303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction: Art Has No History! Reflections on Art History and Historical Materialism / John Roberts -- 1. Francis Picabia: Another Failure to Interpret the Work / Inter Alia (Dave Beech and Mark Hutchinson) -- 2. The Difficult Freedom of Ad Reinhardt / Michael Corris -- 3. Figuring Jasper Johns / Fred Orton -- 4. Taxinomia and Taxomania: Some Groundwork towards an Evaluation of the Art of Robert Smithson / Jeffrey Steele -- 5. Warhol's Voice, Benys's Face, Crow's Writing / Terry Atkinson -- 6. Truth and Beauty: The Ruined Abstraction of Gerhard Richter / Paul Wood -- 7. Victor Burgin's Polysemic Dreamcoat / Jessica Evans -- 8. Circuit-breaking Desires: Critiquing the Work of Mary Kelly / Catherine Lupton -- 9. Cindy Sherman: Theory and Practice / Gen Doy -- 10. Laurie Anderson: Myth, Management and Platitude / Sean Cubitt |
Analysis |
Visual arts Modernism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Art criticism.
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Author |
Roberts, John, 1955-
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LC no. |
94004882 |
ISBN |
0860914577 (paperback) |
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0860916278 |
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