Uncontrollable Beauty
Toward a New Aesthetics
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Reference, Criticism
| Author: | David Shapiro | ISBN: | 9781621531111 |
| Publisher: | Allworth | Publication: | October 1, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Allworth | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Shapiro |
| ISBN: | 9781621531111 |
| Publisher: | Allworth |
| Publication: | October 1, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Allworth |
| Language: | English |
In this acclaimed art anthology, a prestigious group of artists, critics, and literati offer their incisive reflections on the questions of beauty, past, present, and future, and how it has become a domain of multiple perspectives.
Here is Meyer Schapiro’s skeptical argument on perfection . . . contributions from artists as profound as Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Martin . . . and reflections of critics, curators, and philosophers on the problems of beauty and relativism. Readers will find fascinating insights from such art theorists and critics as Dave Hickey, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Donald Kuspit, Carter Ratcliff, and dozens more.
In this acclaimed art anthology, a prestigious group of artists, critics, and literati offer their incisive reflections on the questions of beauty, past, present, and future, and how it has become a domain of multiple perspectives.
Here is Meyer Schapiro’s skeptical argument on perfection . . . contributions from artists as profound as Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Martin . . . and reflections of critics, curators, and philosophers on the problems of beauty and relativism. Readers will find fascinating insights from such art theorists and critics as Dave Hickey, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Donald Kuspit, Carter Ratcliff, and dozens more.
