Almost Nothing - Observations on Precarious Practices in Contemporary Art

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

List of contents

Introduction: Almost nothing
Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958-71
1. Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age
2. 'At the point of imperceptibility'
3. The 'good-for-nothing'
Part II: The 'light years', 1991-2009
4. Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity'
5. Futility and precarity
Postscript: On the humanism of precarious works
Index

About the author

Anna Dezeuze is an Honorary Research Fellow in Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Manchester

Summary

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 -- .

Product details

• Authors: Anna Dezeuze, Dezeuze Anna
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2016
• EAN: 9781526112903
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1290-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960