The Photograph as Contemporary Art 4rth ed (World of Art)

In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a legitimate medium, equal in status to painting and sculpture. This book provides an introduction to the extraordinary range of contemporary art photography, from portraits of intimate life to highly staged, ''directorial'' spectacle. The vast span of photographers whose work is reproduced includes established artists such as Isa Genzken, Jeff Wall, Sophie Calle, Thomas Demand, Nan Goldin and Sherry Levine, as well as emerging talents such as Sara VanDerBeek, Rashid Johnson, Viviane Sassen and Amalia Ulman. This new edition revitalizes previous discussion of works from the 2000s through dialogue with more recent practice. Adding to the wide selection featured of work, Cotton celebrates a new generation of artists, who are shaping photography as a culturally significant medium for our current socio-political climate.

List of contents

Introduction - 1. If This Is Art - 2. Once Upon a Time - 3. Deadpan - 4. Something and Nothing - 5. Intimate Life - 6. Moments in History - 7. Revived and Remade 8. Physical and Material

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Cotton, Cotton Charlotte
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780500204481
• ISBN: 978-0-500-20448-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: world of art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Photography & photographs, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), Contemporary Photography, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Photography and photographs