Ruins: Documents Of Contemporary Art (Documents Of Contemporary Art Ser. (PDF)
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- Synopsis
- The "ruins" of the modern era are the landmarks of recent art’s turn toward site and situation, history and memory. The abiding interest of artists in ruination and decay has led in particular to the concept of the modern ruin – an ambiguous site of artistic and architectural modernism, personal and collective memories, and the cultural afterlife of eras such as those of state communism and colonialism. Contemporary art’s explorations of the ruin can evoke on the one hand diverse experiences of nostalgia and on the other a ceaselessly renewed encounter with catastrophes of the recent past and apprehensions of the future. For every relic of a harmonious era or utopian dream stands another recalling industrial decline, environmental disaster, and the depredations of war.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780854881932
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780854881932
- Publisher:
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Date of Addition:
- 05/07/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Whitechapel Gallery and the authors
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Francesca Vinter
- Proofread By:
- Francesca Vinter
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.