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Aftershock : the ethics of contemporary transgressive art / Kieran Cashell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cashell, Kieran, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modern art--20th century--Appreciation.
- Modern art.
- Modern art--20th century--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Modern art--21st century--Appreciation.
- Modern art--21st century--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, ©2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Accused by the tabloid press of setting out to 'shock', controversial artworks are vigorously defended by art critics, who frequently downplay their disturbing emotional impact. This is the first book to subject contemporary art to a rigorous ethical exploration. It argues that, in favouring conceptual rather than emotional reactions, commentators actually fail to engage with the work they promote. Scrutinising notorious works by artists including Damien Hirst, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Richard Billingham, Marc Quinn, Sally Mann, Marcus Harvey, Hans Bellmer, Paul McCarthy, Tierney Gearon, and Tr.
- Contents:
- Everybody hates a tourist
- Carte blanche
- Atrocity exhibition
- Fearless speech
- Horrorshow.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612618840
- 9780755604043
- 0755604040
- 9780857731074
- 0857731076
- 9781282618848
- 1282618849
- 9781441641137
- 1441641130
- 9780857710154
- 085771015X
- 9786000029296
- 6000029292
- OCLC:
- 710975557
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