Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Pi

List of contents

Introduction: Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture Part I – Pictures ‘Printed on the Void’ 1 – The Photographic Condition 2 – Photography after Conceptualism 3 – The Photography of Modern Life 4 – Performative Pictures 5 – Photography en-abyme: Towards Cinematography Part II – The Frame 6 – Picture for Women: From Manet’s Mirror to Cinema’s Mobile Frame 7 – Restoration: The Fugitive Condition of Representation Part III – The Photographic Moment 8 – Milk: Liquid Contingency and the Grid 9 – A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai): The Absence of Fuji Conclusion: Photography’s Negotiation of the Terrain of the Picture

About the author

Naomi Merritt is a lecturer in contemporary art, art history, critical theory, gender studies, and visual culture at the University of South Australia.

Summary

This book grapples with fundamental questions about the evolving nature of pictorial representation, and the role photography has played in this ongoing process.

Product details

• Authors: Merritt, Naomi Merritt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781350137868
• ISBN: 978-1-350-13786-8
• Series: Routledge History of Photography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Photography & photographs, The arts: general issues, ART / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics