Rethinking art and visual culture : the poetics of opacity / Asbjørn Skarsvåg Grønstad.

This is the first book to offer a systematic account of the concept of opacity in the aesthetic field. Engaging with works by Ernie Gehr, John Akomfrah, Matt Saunders, David Lynch, Trevor Paglen, Zach Blas, and Low, the study considers the cultural, epistemological, and ethical values of images and...

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Main Author: Grønstad, Asbjørn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
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505 0 0 |t Introduction: The Devotion to Transparency Versus Virtues of Opacity --  |t On the Concept of Opacity in Art and Theory --  |t Boundaries of Discernibility: Ernie Gehr --  |t Archival Ghosts, or the Elsewhere of the Image: John Akomfrah --  |t The Shape of the Secret: Matt Saunders --  |t And Dark Within: David Lynch --  |t A Hermeneutics of the Black Site: Trevor Paglen --  |t Faceless, Nameless: Zach Blas --  |t Sublime Static: Low. 
500 |a Includes index. 
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