Art and Text - Couverture rigide

Beech, Dave; Harrison, Charles; Hill, Will

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1906155658 ISBN 13 : 9781906155650

Editeur : Black Dog Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The use of written language has been one of the most defining developments in visual art of the twentieth century. Art and Text is a unique and timely survey of this most contemporary and relevant artistic tool. The use of text can be seen in some of the most avant-garde artwork of the twentieth century; Rene Magritte and dadaist artists used it to describe anti-art and anti-aesthetic sentiment. The work of some of the most famous conceptual artists of the 1960s began to use written language as an artwork in itself. Artists such as John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner and Bruce Nauman, who are still today some of the world's most respected artists, helped push the boundaries of what constitutes art at the time and it has continued to develop since that period. The expansive Art & Language group of artists and theorists, including Joseph Kosuth, also reconsidered the possibilities of 'linguistic art.' Contemporary artists continue to use this medium and expand its possibilities, which range from being a most direct and immediate means of artistic expression (Tracey Emin, Cy Twombly), to an effective socio-political artistic mechanism (BANK, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jenny Holzer).

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dave Beech is an artist in the collective Freee. He teaches at Chelsea College of Art and writes regularly for Art Monthly. He is the author of Beauty and co-author of The Philistine Controversy. Charles Harrison has been associated with the artistic practice Art & Language since 1971. He is Emeritus Professor of the History and Theory of Art at the Open University and the author of numerous publications, including English Art and Modernism 1900 - 1939, Since 1950; Art and its Criticism, and Introduction to Art. He is co-editor of the Art in Theory series. Will Hill is Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, prior to which he worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and typographer. He regularly writes for the St Bride's Printing Library journal Ultrabold and is the author of The Complete Typographer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Black Dog Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906155658
• ISBN 13: 9781906155650
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Selby Aimee
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible