Concerning Consequences : Studies in Art, Destruction, and Trauma / Kristine Stiles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stiles, Kristine, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Psychic trauma in art.

Violence in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kristine Stiles has played a vital role in establishing trauma studies within the humanities. A formidable force in the art world, Stiles examines the significance of traumatic experiences both in the individual lives and works of artists and in contemporary international cultures since World War II. In Concerning Consequences, she considers some of the most notorious art of the second half of the twentieth century by artists who use their bodies to address destruction and violence. The essays in this book focus primarily on performance art and photography. From war and environmental pollution to racism and sexual assault, Stiles analyzes the consequences of trauma as seen in the works of artists like Marina Abramovic, Pope.L, and Chris Burden. Assembling rich intellectual explorations on everything from Paleolithic paintings to the Bible's patriarchal legacies to documentary images of nuclear explosions, Concerning Consequences explores how art can provide a distinctive means of understanding trauma and promote individual and collective healing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Cultures of Trauma

II. Doubles

III. Shooting Range

IV. Corpora Vilia

V. Terminal Culture

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780226304403

022630440X

OCLC:

935925223