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Block was a hugely influential journal in the developing fields of
Visual and Cultural Studies. The journal's editors and contributors
sought to further the critical tradition in art history, respond to
the work of contemporary artists, and bring the concerns of new
cultural and critical theory, particularly feminist and
post-colonial theory, to the study of art and design history.
The Block Reader brings together classic writings by leading
cultural theorists and artists which were first published in the
journal, to provide an invaluable resource for the teaching and
study of art and design history and theory and cultural studies.
Between 1979 and 1989, "BLOCK" initiated and responded to key
debates in visual and cultural studies, publishing writings by
artists, art and design historians and cultural theorists. The
journal's editors and contributors furthered the critical tradition
in art history, responded to the work of contemporary artists, and
brought the concerns of new cultural and critical theory to the
study of art and design history. The" BLOCK Reader in Visual
Culture" brings together classic writings by leading cultural
theorists and artists first published in this seminal journal and
which are now unavailable, providing an invaluable resource for the
teaching and study of art and design as well as theory and cultural
studies.
Contributors: Jon Bird, Barry Curtis, Tamar Garb, Philippa
Goodall, Nicholas Green, Frank Hannah, Dick Hebdige, Lucy Lippard,
Frank Mort, Kathy Myers, Fred Orton, Claire Pajaczkowska, Griselda
Pollock, Tim Putnam, Oliver Richon, Martha Rosler, Lisa Tickner,
Necdet Teymur, Judith Williamson.
We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and debate. Futurenatural brings together leading theorists of culture and science to discuss the concept of 'nature' - its past, present and future. Contributors discuss the impact on our daily life of recent developments on biotechnologies, electronic media and ecological politics. Increasingly, scientific theories and models have been taken up as cultural metaphors that have material effects in transforming 'ways of seeing' and 'structures of feeling'. The book addresses the issue of whether political and cultural debates about the body and environment can take place without reference to 'nature' or the 'natural'. This collection considers how we might 'think' a future developing from emergent scientific theories and discourses. What cultural forms may be produced when new knowledges challenge and undermine traditional ways of conceiving the 'natural'.
Series Information: Futures: New Perspectives for Cultural Analysis
This text investigates the future for travelling in a world whose
boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The contributors bring
together popular and critical discourses of travel to explore
questions of identity and politics; history and narration;
collecting and representing other cultures; and tourism.
We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and debate. F uturenatural brings together leading theorists of culture and science to discuss the concept of 'nature' - its past, present and future. Contributors discuss the impact on our daily life of recent developments in biotechnologies, electronic media and ecological politics. Increasingly, scientific theories and models have been taken up as cultural metaphores that have material effects in transforming 'ways of seeing' and `structures of feeling'. The book addresses the issue of whether political and cultural debates about the body and the environment can take place without reference to 'nature' or the `natural'. This collection considers how we might 'think' a future developing from emergent scientific theories and discourses. What cultural forms may be produced when new knowledges challenge and undermine traditional ways of conceiving the 'natural' ?
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Nancy Spero (Paperback)
Jon Bird, Jo Anna Isaak, Sylvere Lotringer
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R899
R737
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American artist Nancy Spero (b.1929) concentrates on the depiction
of women: mythological women, movie women, tortured women. Inspired
by classical and modern sources, she collages and imprints her
contemporary goddesses on to long, papyrus-like friezes that scroll
around museum walls. Her subject matter, which has ranged from the
writings of Artaud to the Vietnam War, mirrors her life. Working in
Paris in the cultural ferment of the 1960s, she moved to New York
in the 1970s to co-establish the feminist gallery A.I.R. and to
join with artists and critics such as Leon Golub, Robert Morris and
Lucy R Lippard in forming the Art Workers' Coalition. Since the
1980s she has attracted international acclaim, her exquisite works
giving form to feminist issues and new critical discourses. The
Survey by Jon Bird, cultural theorist and curator of the first
British retrospective of Spero's work, discusses developments in
her practice since the 1950s. Contemporary art scholar and critic
Jo Anna Isaak talks with the artist about her life and work. Art
historian Sylvere Lotringer, Edtior of Semiotext(e) and author of
Overexposed, focuses on her 1993 installation at the Whitney Museum
of American Art. In recognition of the impact Stanley Kubrick's Dr
Strangelove made on her, Spero has chosen a scene from the
screenplay; key excerpts from Gynesis: Configurations of Woman and
Modernity by feminist theorist Alice Jardine on the place of women
in a patriarchal culture complete the Artist's Choice section. Also
included are a selection of Spero's own writings, many published
here for the first time.
This sumptuously illustrated volume, edited by eminent war
historian Joanna Bourke, offers a comprehensive visual, cultural
and historical account of the ways in which armed conflict has been
represented in art. Covering the last two centuries, the book shows
how the artistic portrayal of war has changed, from a celebration
of heroic exploits to a more modern, truthful depiction of warfare
and its consequences. Featuring illustrations by artists including
Paul Nash, Judy Chicago, Pablo Picasso, Melanie Friend, Francis
Bacon, Kathe Kollwitz, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, Dora
Meeson, Otto Dix and many others, as well as those who are often
overlooked, such as children, women, non-European artists and
prisoners of war, this extensive survey is a fitting and timely
contribution to the understanding, memory and commemoration of war,
and will appeal to a wide audience interested in warfare, art,
history or politics. Introduction by Joanna Bourke, with essays by
Jon Bird, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Joanna Bourke, Grace Brockington,
James Chapman, Michael Corris, Patrick Crogan, Jo Fox, Paul Gough,
Gary Haines, Clare Makepeace, Sue Malvern, Sergiusz Michalski,
Manon Pignot, Anna Pilkington, Nicholas J. Saunders, John
Schofield, John D. Szostak, Sarah Wilson and Jay Winter.
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