Art After Modernism: Rethinking Representation / Brian Wallis, ed.

Identifier:REF.AM.0981

Dimensions:xviii, 461 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Publication dates:1984

designed by: Katy Homans, Homans/Salsgiver

published by: New Museum of Contemporary Art, David R. Godine, Publisher

text by: Brian Wallis, Kathy Acker, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Walter Benjamin, Jorge Luis Borges, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Jonathan Crary, Douglas Crimp, Hal Foster, Michael Foucault, J. Hoberman, Robert Hughes, Fredric Jameson, Mary Kelly, Rosalind Krauss, Donald B. Kuspit, Thomas Lawson, Kate Linker, Lucy R. Lippard, Laura Mulvey, Craig Owens, Constance Penley, Martha Rosler, Abigail Solomon-Godeau

was created in: New York Metropolitan Area, Boston

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Postmodernism, Arts, Modern--20th century

Description:Art After Modernism contains 25 essays which provide a survey of the directions taken by recent art and criticism. Topics covered in this anthology include the decline of the ideology of modernism in the arts; the emergence of a wide range of postmodern practices; visual artists' investigations of mass-media systems and imagery; and recent directions in painting, film, video and photography. Artists discussed include Pierre Menard, Andy Warhol, and Auguste Rodin, among others. Also included is a bibliography, a detailed index, and contributor bios.