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Thomas Hirschhorn : A New Political Understanding of Art? / Christina Braun ; translated by Steven Lindberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braun, Christina, 1979- author.
- Series:
- Interfaces : studies in visual culture
- Standardized Title:
- Thomas Hirschhorn. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Hirschhorn, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hirschhorn, Thomas.
- Art--Political aspects.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- The first study in English on the work and theory of a major installation artist.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Objectives and Structure
- On the Sources
- On the Current Status of Research
- On the Method
- Part 1 | The Artist's Theory as a Source and Object of Analysis
- The Phenomenon of Artists' Theories: A Historical Outline
- Forms and Functions of Modern Artists' Theories
- On the Concept of the Artist's Theory
- The Platonic Topos of the Irrelevance of the Artist's Theory
- Four Theses on the Artist's Theory as a Source and Object of Analysis
- Part 2 | An Interpretative Presentation of the Artist's Theory
- Formal and Rhetorical Stylistic Means
- Characteristics and Function
- Hirschhorn's Understanding of Art: Central Concepts and Ideas
- The Formation of Hirschhorn's Theory in the Context of His Evolution as an Artist
- Part 3 | Analyzing Thomas Hirschhorn's Artist's Theory
- On the Iconography of Material
- Critical Notes on the Process of Production
- Hirschhorn's Aesthetic-Political Concept of Work
- "Constructing the Unconstructible": "The Spirit of Utopia" in Thomas Hirschhorn's Theory
- Hirschhorn's Elective Affinities: Genealogical System or Ingenious Self-Stylization?
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5126-0164-0
- 9781512601640
- OCLC:
- 1031392906
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