Almost nothing : observations on precarious practices in contemporary art / Anna Dezeuze.

Author
Dezeuze, Anna [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Description
xiii, 330 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Rethinking art's histories [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Presents a short history of artworks at risk of passing unnoticed because they look like trash, or are little more than commonplace objects and fleeting gestures that disappear into the fabric of everyday life.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-318) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction : almost nothing
    • Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age
    • 'At the point of imperceptibility'
    • 'Good-for-nothing'
    • Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity'
    • Futility and precarity
    • Postscript : on the humanism of precarious works.
    ISBN
    • 9780719088575 ((hardback))
    • 0719088577 ((hardback))
    • 9781526112903 ((paperback))
    • 1526112906 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016498572
    OCLC
    950450447
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