Johanna Drucker's sweet dream is for a new and more positive
approach to contemporary art. Calling for a revamping of the
academic critical vocabulary used to discuss art into one more
befitting current creative practices, Drucker argues that
contemporary art is fully engaged with material culture--yet still
struggling to escape the oppositional legacy of the early
twentieth-century avant-garde. Drucker shows that artists today are
aware of working within the ideologies of mainstream culture and
have replaced avant-garde defiance with eager complicity. Finding
their materials at flea markets or exploring celebrity culture,
contemporary artists have created a vibrantly participatory
movement that exudes enthusiasm and affirmation--all while critics
continue to cling to an outmoded vocabulary of opposition and
radical negativity that defined modernism's avant-garde. At the
cutting edge of new media research, Drucker surveys a wide range of
exciting contemporary artists, demonstrating their clear departure
from the past and petitioning viewers and critics to shift their
terms and sensibilities as well. Sweet Dreams is a testament to the
creative processes and self-conscious heterogeneity of art today as
well as a revolutionary effort to solicit collaboration that will
encourage the production of imaginative thought and contribute to
contemporary life.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2006 |
| First published: |
September 2006 |
| Authors: |
Johanna Drucker
|
| Dimensions: |
152 x 229 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| Edition: |
New edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-16505-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
The arts: general issues >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-226-16505-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780226165059 |
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