How artists created an aesthetic of "positive barbarism" in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb
In Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the massive devastation of World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb. Inspired by the notion that modernist art can teach us how to survive a civilization become barbaric, Foster examines the various ways that key figures from the early 1940s to the early 1960s sought to develop a "brutal aesthetics" adequate to the destruction around them. With a focus on the philosopher Georges Bataille, the painters Jean Dubuffet and Asger Jorn, and the sculptors Eduardo Paolozzi and Claes Oldenburg, Foster investigates a manifold move to strip art down, or to reveal it as already bare, in order to begin again. What does Bataille seek in the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux? How does Dubuffet imagine an art brut, an art unscathed by culture? Why does Jorn populate his paintings with "human animals"? What does Paolozzi see in his monstrous figures assembled from industrial debris? And why does Oldenburg remake everyday products from urban scrap? A study of artistic practices made desperate by a world in crisis, Brutal Aesthetics is an intriguing account of a difficult era in twentieth-century culture, one that has important implications for our own. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Автор: Oldenburg, Fred Название: Soldiers oath ISBN: 1861514484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781861514486 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2457.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fred Oldenburg joined the Army in 1988 as an adult soldier. After basic training he joined his parent unit, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, where he served 23 years of his 24-year military career. He served on tours in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as well as exercises and training in the USA, Canada, Norway, France, Kenya, Brunei, Belize, Bermuda, Jamaica, Poland, Jordan, Cyprus, Germany and the UK. After rising through the ranks to Warrant Officer Class Two (WO2) he left the military to become Training Warrant Officer with the Bermuda Regiment. He retired from that regiment in October 2013 and now lives with his wife in Gloucestershire, England.
Автор: Von Hedemann, Christoph Название: Empfindsame reise von oldenburg nach bremen ISBN: 3956100891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783956100895 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4569.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
