Art and the artist in society / edited by José Jiménez-Justiniano, Elsa Luciano Feal and Jane Elizabeth Alberdston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jiménez-Justiniano, José.

Luciano Feal, Elsa.

Alberdston, Jane Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society.

Physical Description:

vii, 308 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.

Summary:

Art and Artist in Society is a compilation of essays that examine the nexus between artists, the art they create and society. These essays consider how art has changed its form and role both to accommodate newer trends and to fully participate in society. Divided into slat thematic sections, the book examines the works of a diverse group of artists working in a range of art forms, such as writers Milan Kundura and Judith Ortiz Cofer, filmmakers Humberto Solás and Walter Salles, performers/photographer Daniel Joseph Martinez and feminist-activists Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz. The analyses of the work of these artists and other artists offer readers an opportunity to explore a number of important issues in art today, such as the representation of the Other, the exploration of alternative sources of knowledge and the construction of the self. For the array of works it analyzes, this hook offers fascinating insights into the art and the artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Redefining Art

From Taste to taste: An Approach to Disgusting Art / Rafael Jackson-Martin Jackson-Martin, Rafael 25

"The course of true love never did run smooth/... So quick bright things come to confusion." The Curious Case of Richard Turtle's Art / Laura Lake Smith Smith, Laura Lake 35

From Cuba with a Song: A Space of Interartistic Dialogue? / Rebeca Rosell Olmedo Olmedo, Rebeca Rosell 47

Chapter 2 The Representation of Women

Infusing the Vrouwe: The Effect of Dutch Societal Dynamics on Gender as Depicted by Vermeer and Mondrian / Brenda Palokangas Palokangas, Brenda 63

Rewriting Female Representations in Girl with a Pearl Earring & Girl in Hyacinth Blue: Historical Portraiture, Human Subjectivity, and Vermeer / Jacqueline H. Harris Harris, Jacqueline H. 71

Chapter 3 The Body of the Artist

"Poesía en estado naciente": Bodies, Landscapes and the Artistic Process in Vicente Aleixandre's Espadas como labios and La destrucción o el amor / Ann Cerminaro-Costanzi Cerminaro-Costanzi, Ann 87

Extreme Gestures and Sublime Provocation in the Performative Art of Daniel Joseph Martinez. More Human than Human Photographic Cycle: A Nietzschean Ode / Dianna Marisol Santillano Santillano, Dianna Marisol 101

The Feminist Pleasures of Coco Rico's Social Interventions / Lucian Gomoll Gomoll, Lucian 119

Chapter 4 The Effect of Public Art

LOVE at 55th and 6th Avenue / Emily Newman Newman, Emily 135

Feminist Art Activism in Public Spaces; A Case Study of Los Angeles in the 1970s / Michelle Moravec Moravec, Michelle 147

Street Art for Street "Cred": Barack Obama through Anthemic Representations of Hope / Cynthia Martin Martin, Cynthia 161

Chapter 5 Alternatives in Art

Derek Walcott's Omeros: Soul Music of the Reluctant Shaman / Natalie King-Pedroso King-Pedroso, Natalie 183

"Un incansable amor por la ruta": Re-Imag[in]ing Identity within the Diversity of the Collective in Miel para Oshún and Diarios de motocicleta / Diana Accaria-Zavala Accaria-Zavala, Diana 205

Chapter 6 Home, Exile and Art

Art as Exile, Exile as Art: The Life and Work of Charles Edgar Du Perron / Johannes Burgers Burgers, Johannes 229

The Great Return: Exile and Homelands in the Work of Milan Kundera and Krzysztof Kieslowski / Alan Ashton-Smith Ashton-Smith, Alan 249

"Toward a Higher Ground": The Gift of Cuento and the Role of Art as Cultural Inheritance in the Writing of Judith Ortiz Cofer / Barbara Roche Rico Rico, Barbara Roche 265

Spanish is a Language TÚ: The Intersecting Nationalities of Hemingway and Santayana / Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera Herlihy-Mera, Jeffrey 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1443848573

9781443848572

OCLC:

855558888

Publisher Number:

99957361318