Seeing Witness : Visuality and the Ethics of Testimony /

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The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance, the witness--whether artist, historian, scientist, government official, or ordinary citizen--has become empowered in realms from art to poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Blocker, Jane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kunst
Subjektivität
Wirklichkeit
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Visual communication in art.
Subjectivity in art.
Reality in art.
Art, Modern.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
ART > General.
Art > 21e siecle.
Communication visuelle dans l'art.
Realite dans l'art.
Subjectivite dans l'art.
Art, Modern > 21st century.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance, the witness--whether artist, historian, scientist, government official, or ordinary citizen--has become empowered in realms from art to politics. In Seeing Witness, Jane Blocker challenges the implicit authority of witnessing through the examination of a series of contemporary artworks, all of which make the act of witnessing visible, open to inspection and critique. Considering such artists as Marina Abramovi, James Luna, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Eduardo Kac, and Ann Hamilton, Blocker investigates the artists and spectators who look, the technologies they look with, and the forms of power and moral authority that permit their viewing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816668045

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