Criticism & Theory

From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant...

What are the archives of gay and lesbian leather histories, and how have contemporary artists mined these archives to create a queer politics of the present? This book sheds light on an area long ignored by traditional art history and LGBTQ studies,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095404Author Janwillem SchroferFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 150mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782914563079Author Pierre HuygheFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dis VoirPublisher Dis Voir

In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author extends his investigation to pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Although we have many words about pictures, Mitchell notes that we do not yet have a satisfactory...

In Surrealist sabotage and the war on work, art historian Abigail Susik uncovers the expansive parameters of the international surrealist movement's ongoing engagement with an aesthetics of sabotage between the 1920s and the 1970s, demonstrating how...

This is a fascinating re-examination of the importance and legacy of provenance in the history of art. This book goes beyond the narrow definition of the term provenance, which addresses only the bare facts of ownership and transfer, to explore ideas...

Is artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more and more expressive, or is human thought adopting more and more structures from computation? What does it mean to perform oneself through AI, or to construct one's subjectivity through AI? How does AI...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956795718Author Joahnne LogstrupFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 68gDimensions(mm) 191mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533447Author Tom McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 152mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981484662Author Leonard KorenFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Imperfect PublishingPublisher Imperfect Publishing

'Joyfully entertaining. Full of warmth, wisdom and affectionate delight in the wonder and absurdity of being human.' Observer'Funny, honest and heart-warming.' Matt HaigWhat better way to understand ourselves than through the eyes of comedians - those...

Is artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more and more expressive, or is human thought adopting more and more structures from computation? What does it mean to perform oneself through AI, or to construct one's subjectivity through AI? How does AI...

During the 1960s, artists from Alan Kaprow and Yoko Ono to Andy Warhol and Richard Serra stopped making "art" as it has been thought of since the Renaissance. They staged performances that mixed everyday life with theater and in yet other, often ironic,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095978Author Carolyn F StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint ValizPublisher ValizWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 160mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870708923Author Calvin TomkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 1060g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788189487249Author Geeta KapurFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Tulika Print Communication ServicesPublisher Tulika Print Communication...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816610686Author Peter BurgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressDimensions(mm)...

Drawing together all kinds of writing about and around Live Art, The Live Art Almanac is both a useful resource and a great read for artists, writers, students and others interested in the field of interdisciplinary, performance-based art. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087993515Author Taylor R GenoveseFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm *...

From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the presentIn this richly illustrated book, Michel Pastoureau-a renowned authority on the history of color and the author of celebrated volumes on blue,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584350668Author Eileen MylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409982Author Alexander AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm *...

A revelatory consideration of the wide-ranging practice of one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century A pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is best known for his monumental wall drawings. LeWitt's broad...

Rubbish is something we ignore. By definition we discard it, from our lives and our minds, and it remains outside the concerns of conventional economics. However, this book explores the dynamics through which rubbish can re-enter circulation as a prized...

At a critical point in the development of photography, this book offers an engaging, detailed and far-reaching examination of the key issues that are defining contemporary photographic culture. Photography Reframed addresses the impact of radical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360739Author Alexander AdamsFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm * 12mm

In his introduction to Charles Baudelaire's Salon of 1846, the renowned art historian Michael Fried presents a new take on the French poet and critic's ideas on art, criticism, romanticism, and the paintings of Delacroix. Charles Baudelaire, considered a...

A diverse range of leading scholars, activists, archivists and artists explore the histories, practices and concerns of women making film and video across the world, from the pioneering German animator Lotte Reiniger, to the influential African American...

From one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, a delightfully sceptical and devastatingly intelligent assessment of the true value of art.What Good are the Arts? by John Carey is a provocative, entertaining and devastatingly intelligent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626543218Author General Charles ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection...

In this second volume of his classic essays on the Renaissance, E H Gombrich focuses on a theme of central importance: visual symbolism. He opens with a searching introduction ('The Aims and Limits of Iconology'), and follows with detailed studies of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525560203Author Alexander NemerovFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Photography is often associated with the psychic effects of trauma: the automatic nature of the process, wide-open camera lens, and light-sensitive film record chance details unnoticed by the photographer similar to what happens when a traumatic event...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916425088Author Carla LonziFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing

What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. These include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as...

Ranging from early twentieth century modernist appropriations of non-western art through to the ways in which Mexican muralists in the 1930s negotiated European avant-gardist strategies, and then up to contemporary installation and lens-based practices...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner, Trade Typographic Category, 2010 AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show. 2010.Book InformationISBN 9780262134934Author Steven Henry MadoffFormat...

The Photography Cultures Reader: Representation, Agency and Identity engages with contemporary debates surrounding photographic cultures and practices from a variety of perspectives, providing insight and analysis for students and practitioners. With...