Behind the Times

Decline and Fall of the Twentieth-century Avant-gardes

E. J. Hobsbawm (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

48 Seiten

1999
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-55031-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This text examines the field of modern art and argues that painters still cling to the unique art-object, the product of the artist's own hands, despite mass-production and the technology of infinite repetition. The result is a succession of attempts to find relevance that is doomed to failure.

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Does modern art "express the times" or is it a series of wilful aberrations? Do we have any way of judging its success or failures? This text argues that unlike writers and composers, who have come to terms with mass-production and the technology of infinite repetition, painters still cling to the unique art-object, the product of the artist's own hands. The result is a succession of attempts to find relevance and meaning that are doomed to failure. This thesis contributes to a dilemma of our time, and would interest artists and critics alike.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.1.1999
• Reihe/Serie: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures
• Zusatzinfo: 30 illustrations
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 149 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 260 g
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• ISBN-10: 0-500-55031-X / 050055031X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-500-55031-1 / 9780500550311
• Zustand: Neuware