Counter-Realism
Art and Subjectivity in Contemporary Capitalism
Seiten
2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526190215 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526190215 (ISBN)
An ambitious and original study with case studies focusing on the works of William Kentridge, Amalia Ulman, Melanie Gilligan, Ryan Trecartin and Elizabeth Price, Counter-realism shows the ways in which key features of contemporary art may be understood in relation to fundamental aspects of contemporary political and economic life. -- .
Counter-realism: Art and subjectivity in contemporary capitalism is an ambitious and original study of key works of film and video art made since 2008 by leading contemporary artists, including William Kentridge, Amalia Ulman, Melanie Gilligan, Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin and Elizabeth Price. It argues their work should be understood as a reconfigured form of ‘realism’, expressing economic forces and political pressures across contexts ranging from post-apartheid South Africa, through austerity-era Spain, to contemporary Britain and North America. Supported by original artist interviews and detailed visual analysis of individual works of art, as well as a wide-ranging research base, which synthesises arguments from a variety of disciplines including art history, literary, film and political studies, the book is clearly written, and makes legible the ways in which some of the most vivid and compelling works of contemporary moving-image art engage with historical and contemporary political debates. -- .
Counter-realism: Art and subjectivity in contemporary capitalism is an ambitious and original study of key works of film and video art made since 2008 by leading contemporary artists, including William Kentridge, Amalia Ulman, Melanie Gilligan, Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin and Elizabeth Price. It argues their work should be understood as a reconfigured form of ‘realism’, expressing economic forces and political pressures across contexts ranging from post-apartheid South Africa, through austerity-era Spain, to contemporary Britain and North America. Supported by original artist interviews and detailed visual analysis of individual works of art, as well as a wide-ranging research base, which synthesises arguments from a variety of disciplines including art history, literary, film and political studies, the book is clearly written, and makes legible the ways in which some of the most vivid and compelling works of contemporary moving-image art engage with historical and contemporary political debates. -- .
Tamara Trodd is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh -- .
Introduction: Counter-realism and historical returns
1 William Kentridge, Henry Moore and the subject of mining
2 Amalia Ulman, Simone Weil and the subject of force
3 Bertolt Brecht and the transformation of the subject in the works of Melanie Gilligan and Ryan Trecartin
4 Elizabeth Price, Alain Resnais and the absence of the subject
Conclusion: Making the subject of contemporary art visible -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Rethinking Art's Histories |
| Zusatzinfo | 92 colour illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 705 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781526190215 / 9781526190215 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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