Contemporary Absurdities, Existential Crises, and Visual Art

An edited collection consisting of essays and artworks by distinguished and emerging theorists, artists, and scholars. It explains how our contemporary moment is absurd and how absurdity is a useful, potentially radical tool within the contemporary.35 b&w illus.

About the author

Katherine Guinness is a theorist and historian of contemporary art. She is a lecturer in art history at the University of Queensland, Australia. Charlotte Kent is associate professor of visual culture at Montclair State University, editor-at-large for The Brooklyn Rail, and an arts writer.

Summary

An edited collection consisting of essays and artworks by distinguished and emerging theorists, artists, and scholars. It explains how our contemporary moment is absurd and how absurdity is a useful, potentially radical tool within the contemporary.35 b&w illus.

Product details

• Assisted by: Katherine Guinness (Editor), Charlotte Kent (Editor), Charlotte (Mercy College) Kent (Editor), Charlotte (Montclair State University Kent (Editor)
• Publisher: Intellect
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2024
• EAN: 9781789389067
• ISBN: 978-1-78938-906-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 252 mm x 176 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 660 g
• Illustrations: 35 Halftones, black and white
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history