Themes of contemporary art : visual art after 1980 / Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel.

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Main Author: Robertson, Jean, 1950-
Other Authors: McDaniel, Craig
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
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300 |a xv, 344 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.) ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-329) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction. Themes of contemporary art : what, why, and how -- A brief orientation -- 1. The art world expands. Overview of history and art history : 1980-2008 -- Old media thrive, new media make waves -- A spectrum of voices emerges -- Globalization -- Theory flexes its muscles -- Art meets contemporary culture -- 2. Identity. Identity in art history -- Identity is communal or relational -- Identity politics -- Identity is constructed -- Post identity -- Profile: Nancy Burson -- Profile: Shirin Neshat -- 3. The body. Past figurative art -- A new spin on the body -- The body beautiful -- Sexual bodies -- The gaze -- Mortal bodies -- Posthuman bodies -- Profile: Renee Cox -- Profile: Zhang Huan -- 4. Time. Time and art history -- Changing views of time -- Exploring the structure of time -- Revisiting the past -- Commemorating the past -- Profile: Brian Tolle -- Profile: Cornelia Parker -- 5. Place. Places have meanings -- Places have value -- History's influence -- Looking at places -- Looking out for places -- Real and simulated places -- Placeless spaces -- What's public? What's private? -- In-between places -- Profile: Janet Cardiff -- Profile: Unilever Series at Tate Modern -- 6. Language. Words with art : a history -- Art with words : a history -- Recent theories of language -- Reasons for using language -- Language makes meaning -- Language takes form -- Wielding the power of language -- Naming -- Confronting the challenge of translation -- Using text in the information age -- Profile: Nina Katchadourian -- Profile: Ken Aptekar -- 7. Science. What is science -- Artists as amateur scientists -- Artists adopt scientific tools and materials -- The ideology of science -- The visual culture of science -- Classifying humans in the genomic age -- Is nature natural? -- Marveling at the universe -- Profile: Patricia Piccinini -- Profile: Eduardo Kac -- 8. Spirituality. Spirituality and religion -- A short history -- A few strategies -- Finding faith and harboring doubt -- Expressing religious identities -- Facing death, doom, and destruction -- Mingling the sacred and the secular -- Profile: Jose Bedia -- Profile: Bill Viola -- Timeline (1980-2008). 
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