Aesthetics of the Margins / The Margins of Aesthetics - Wild Art Explained

Examines art that stands outside the margins of the art world, the critical and cultural conditions that made this exclusion possible, and how recognizing this radically transforms our understanding of contemporary art.

About the author

David Carrier retired as Champney Family Professor, a post divided between Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. He previously had been Professor of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. His numerous publications include A World Art History and Its Objects, The Aesthetics of Comics, Principles of Art History Writing, all also published by Penn State University Press, as well as Aesthetic Theory, Abstract Art, and Lawrence Carroll.Joachim Pissarro is an art historian, theoretician, and the Bershad Professor of Art History and Director of the Hunter College Art Galleries. He previously served as curator at The Museum of Modern Art and the Yale University Art Gallery. His publication and curatorial projects include Cézanne/Pissarro, Johns/Rauschenberg: Comparative Studies on Intersubjectivity in Modern Art; Jeff Koons: The Painter and the Sculptor; Martin Creed: What’s the Point of It?; Joseph Beuys: Set Between One and All; and Notations: The Cage Effect Today.

Product details

• Authors: David Carrier, Carrier David, Joachim (Bershad Professor of Art History and Director of the Hunter College Galleries) Pissarro, Pissarro Joachim
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2018
• EAN: 9780271081137
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08113-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 203 mm x 203 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Theory of art, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Popular Culture, Philosophy: aesthetics, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960