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Informationen zum Autor Mira Schor is a painter, writer, and teacher living in New York. She is the author of Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture and an editor of The Extreme of the Middle: The Writings of Jack Tworkov (forthcoming) and M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings, Theory, and Criticism, also published by Duke University Press. Schor is a recipient of the College Art Association’s Frank Jewett Mather Award in Art Criticism. Klappentext "Mira Schor reminds us that some of the best, and most eye-opening, writing on art has always been made by artists themselves. The essays in "A Decade of Negative Thinking" demolish countless widely held assumptions about contemporary art, and do so with a compelling blend of skepticism and passion."--Raphael Rubinstein, author of "Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism, 1990-2002" Zusammenfassung Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author! a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice! the personal and the political! this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse! and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part 1:She Said, She Said: Feminist Debates, 1971–2009 The ism that dare not speak its name Anonymity as a Political Tactic: Art Blogs, Feminism, Writing, and Politics Generation 2.5 Email to a Young Woman Artist The Womanhouse Films Miss Elizabeth Bennett Goes to Feminist Boot Camp Part 2:Painting Some Notes on Women and Abstraction and a Curious Case History: Alice Neel as a Great Abstract Painter Like a Veneer Modest Painting Blurring Richter Off the Grid: Weather Conditions in Lower Manhattan, September 11, 2001 to October 2, 2001 Part 3:Trite Tropes Trite Tropes, Clichés, or the Persistence of Styles Recipe Art Work and Play New Tales of Scheherazade Appendix: Work document: Grey Notes Bibliography Index...
