Slow painting : contemplation and critique in the digital age / Helen Westgeest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westgeest, Helen, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Modern--20th century.

Painting, Modern.

Painting, Modern--21st century.

Time and art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.

Summary:

"The abundance of images in our everyday lives- and the speed at which they are consumed seems to have left us unable to critique them. To rectify this situation, artists such as Daniel Richter and Artur Zmijewski have demonstrated that painting is brilliantly equipped to produce 'slow images' that enable, encourage and reward reflection. Here, Helen Westgeest attempts to understand how various forms of slow painting can be used as tools to interrogate the visual mediations we encounter daily. Painting was expected to disappear in the digital age, but through interactive painting performances and painting-like manipulated photographs and videos, Westgeest shows how photography, video and new media art have themselves developed the visual strategies that painting had already mastered. The fleeting nature of digital mass media appears to have unlocked a desire for more physically stable and enduring pictures, like paintings. In a world where the constant quest for speed can leave us exhausted, the appeal of this 'slower medium' has only grown"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Paintings Consolidating Fleeting Press Photos

Collage Paintings Sparring with Visual Propaganda

Slow and Socio-Critical Painting-like Digital Photographs

Painting Actions Materializing Social Relationships

Socio-Critical Expanded Paintings through Veiling and Unveiling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501353086

150135308X

9781501353079

1501353071

9781501353093

1501353098