Difference on Display: Diversity in Art, Science & Society - Couverture souple

Gevers, Ine

 
9789056627157: Difference on Display: Diversity in Art, Science & Society
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9056627155 ISBN 13 : 9789056627157
Editeur : NAI Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

In society, what passes for normal, and who gets to decide? Who "looks" normal, and where do we draw the line? At a facial wrinkle, at a visible prosthesis, pills to increase intelligence, drastic cosmetic surgery? The ambitious exhibition Difference on Display at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam featured the responses of international artists to this defining social question of our time. Difference on Display offered three lines of approach: perfectibility (the ideal norm), consumer culture and man and technology. Alongside writings on the burgeoning discipline of disability studies--which addresses the needs of marginalized groups and the extent to which society can accommodate them--this well-illustrated publication presents work by over 80 artists, including Marc Quinn, Marlene Dumas, the Chapman Brothers, Viktor & Rolf, Louise Bourgeois and Aernout Mik.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In society, what passes for normal, and who gets to decide? Who looks normal, and where do we draw the line? At a facial wrinkle, at a visible prosthesis, pills to increase intelligence, drastic cosmetic surgery? The ambitious exhibition Difference on Display at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam featured the responses of international artists to this defining social question of our time. Difference on Display offered three lines of approach: perfectibility (the ideal norm), consumer culture and man and technology. Alongside writings on the burgeoning discipline of disability studies which addresses the needs of marginalized groups and the extent to which society can accommodate them this well-illustrated publication presents work by over 80 artists, including Marc Quinn, Marlene Dumas, the Chapman Brothers, Viktor & Rolf, Louise Bourgeois and Aernout Mik.

Biographie de l'auteur

Text by Ine Gevers, Renu Addlahka, Michel Callon, Johnson Cheu, Amade M'Charek.

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Éditeur
NAI Publishers
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9056627155
ISBN 13 
9789056627157
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
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Personne responsable
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