Becoming past : history in contemporary art /

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"Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary, after all--as much as we may want to consider it otherwise--is being made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this moving target? These questions lie at the center of Jane Blocker's Becoming Past. The impo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blocker, Jane (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Alÿs, Francis > 1959-
Buckingham, Matthew > 1963-
Delany, Samuel R. > 1942-
McElwee, Ross > 1947-
McQueen, Steve > 1969-
Nauman, Bruce > 1941-
Robleto, Dario > 1972-
1900-2099
Arts and history.
Arts, Modern > 20th century > Themes, motives.
Arts, Modern > 21st century > Themes, motives.
Arts et histoire.
Arts > 20e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
Arts > 21e siècle > Thèmes, motifs.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
ART > Criticism & Theory.
ART > Performance.
ART > Reference.
Arts, Modern > Themes, motives.
Geschichte > Motiv
Kunst
Moderne
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • History as prosthesis
  • Wooden legs: Goat Island's acts of repair
  • Houses falling down: archival violence in Steve McQueen's Deadpan
  • Incorrect and incomplete: Ross McElwee's fictions and Samuel Delany's lies
  • The empty stage: a story about the past by Matthew Buckingham
  • Stupid birds: temporal dissidence in The Lastmaker
  • Transitional objects: Dario Robleto's spools
  • Wooden feet: Francis Alÿs and syncopated time.

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