The End of Art (Paperback, New)

Donald Kuspit argues here that art is over because it has lost its aesthetic import. Art has been replaced by "postart," a term invented by Alan Kaprow, as a new visual category that elevates the banal over the enigmatic, the scatological over the sacred, cleverness over creativity. Tracing the demise of aesthetic experience to the works and theory of Marcel Duchamp and Barnett Newman, Kuspit argues that devaluation is inseparable from the entropic character of modern art, and that anti-aesthetic postmodern art is in its final state. In contrast to modern art, which expressed the universal human unconscious, postmodern art degenerates into an expression of narrow ideological interests. In reaction to the emptiness and stagnancy of postart, Kuspit signals the aesthetic and human future that lies with the old masters. The End of Art points the way to the future for the visual arts. Donald Kuspit is Professor of Art History at SUNY Stony Brook. A winner of the Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism, Professor Kuspit is a Contributing Editor at Artforum, Sculpture and New Art Examiner. His most recent book is The Cult of the Avant-Garde (Cambridge, 1994).

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	2004
Authors:	Donald Kuspit
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	226
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-54016-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-521-54016-X
Barcode:	9780521540162

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