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Abstract Resistance

By (author) Yasmil Raymond

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Abstract Resistance considers the metaphor of resistance as a political and compositional force defining the art of the past half-century. Starting with Michel Foucault's assertion that ""where there is power, there is resistance,"" it explores art made since World War II that has been shaped by traumatic historical events in complex ways. Rather than creating an explicit art of social protest, artists have responded to violence and upheaval with art that rejects the comfort of moral certainty. Such art withholds information and evades identification. Exhibition curator Yasmil Raymond provides an overview of the exhibition's themes and artworks; art historian Simon Baier traces the origins and development of nonobjective art through the writings of critics such as Charles Baudelaire and Meyer Schapiro; and philosopher Marcus Steinweg draws on the ideas of Theodor Adorno and others to provide a theoretical framework for artistic resistance.

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Walker Art Centre,U.S.
Published date | 30 Nov 2010
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 96
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 5mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 156g
ISBN | 978-0-9356-4095-3
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BISAC | art / history / general


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