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Artist/Animal / Steve Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Steve, 1953 April 29-
- Series:
- Posthumanities ; 25.
- Posthumanities ; 25
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships in art.
- Animals--Social aspects.
- Animals.
- Art--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Animals have always been compelling subjects for artists, but the rise of animal advocacy and posthumanist thought has prompted a reconsideration of the relationship between artist and animal. In this book, Steve Baker examines the work of contemporary artists who directly confront questions of animal life, treating animals not for their aesthetic qualities or as symbols of the human condition but rather as beings who actively share the world with humanity.The concerns of the artists presented in this book-Sue Coe, Eduardo Kac, Lucy Kimbell, Catherine Chalmers, Olly and Suzi, An
- Contents:
- ARTIST|ANIMAL
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Idiot, the Voyeur, and the Moralist
- Chapter 1: An Openness to Life: Olly and Suzi in the Antarctic
- On Drawing an Aardvark
- Chapter 2: Cycles of Knowing and Not-Knowing: Lucy Kimbell, Rats, and Art
- On "Ethics"
- Chapter 3: Vivid New Ecologies: Catherine Chalmers and Eduardo Kac
- On Artists and Intentions
- Chapter 4: Of the Unspoken: Mircea Cantor and Mary Britton Clouse
- On Maddening the Fly
- Chapter 5: Almost Posthuman: Catherine Bell's Handling of Squid
- On Cramping Creativity
- Chapter 6: Art and Animal Rights: Sue Coe, Britta Jaschinski, and Angela Singer
- On Relevant Questions
- Chapter 7: "The Twisted Animals Have No Land beneath Them"
- Afterword: Art in a Post-Animal Era?
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4878-X
- 0-8166-8178-3
- OCLC:
- 846494896
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