Retroactivity and contemporary art / Craig Staff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staff, Craig G., 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Art, Modern--21st century.

Art, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 187 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"Contemporary art is often preoccupied with time, or acts in which the past is recovered. Through specific case studies of artists who strategically work with historical moments, this book examines how art from the last two decades has sought to mobilize these particular histories, and to what effect, against the backdrop of Modernism. Drawing on the art theory of Rosalind Krauss and the philosophies of Paul Ricoeur, Gerhard Richter, and Pierre Nora, Retroactivity in the Work of Contemporary Art interprets those works that foreground some aspect of retroactivity -- whether re-enacting, commemorating, or re-imagining -- as key artistic strategies. This book is striking philosophical reflection on time within art and art within time, and an indispensable read for those attempting to understand the artistic significance of history, materiality, and memory."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. 1 Modernism in Ruins

Part 2. 2 Index (Tracing) ; 3 The Reality of Ends

Part 3. 4 When, Even If ; 5 Still There, Waiting (Retracing)

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350136762

135013676X

9781350010000

1350010006

9781350009967

1350009962

OCLC:

1029952711