TY - BOOK AU - Dezeuze,Anna TI - Almost nothing: observations on precarious practices in contemporary art T2 - Rethinking art's histories SN - 9781526123497 AV - N6490 .A466 2016 PY - 2017/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Art, Modern KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1469949&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -