Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art /
Dezeuze, Anna,
Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art / Anna Dezeuze. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) - Rethinking art's histories .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Almost nothing; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: almost nothing; Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958-71; 1 Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age; 2 'At the point of imperceptibility'; 3 'Good-for-nothing'; Part II: The light years, 1991-2009; 4 Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity'; 5 Futility and precarity; Postscript: on the humanism of precarious works; Select bibliography; Index
Presents a short history of artworks at risk of passing unnoticed because they look like trash, or are little more than commonplace objects and fleeting gestures that disappear into the fabric of everyday life.
9781526123497
Art, Modern.
Electronic Books.
N6490 / .A466 2016
Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art / Anna Dezeuze. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages) - Rethinking art's histories .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Almost nothing; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: almost nothing; Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958-71; 1 Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age; 2 'At the point of imperceptibility'; 3 'Good-for-nothing'; Part II: The light years, 1991-2009; 4 Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity'; 5 Futility and precarity; Postscript: on the humanism of precarious works; Select bibliography; Index
Presents a short history of artworks at risk of passing unnoticed because they look like trash, or are little more than commonplace objects and fleeting gestures that disappear into the fabric of everyday life.
9781526123497
Art, Modern.
Electronic Books.
N6490 / .A466 2016