The Triumph of Anti-Art.The Triumph of Anti-Art Thomas McEvilley McPherson & Company PO Box 1126, Kingston, NY 12401 0929701674 $30.00 1-800-613-8219 www.mcphersonco.com Much has been written about traditional art forms of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, music, plays and movies; but little has been said about the more esoteric es·o·ter·ic adj. 1. a. Intended for or understood by only a particular group: an esoteric cult. See Synonyms at mysterious. b. and avant-garde forms of conceptual and performance art; The Triumph of Anti-Art: Conceptual and Performance Art in the Formation of Post-Modernism handily hand·i·ly adv. 1. In an easy manner. 2. In a convenient manner. Adv. 1. handily - in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located" conveniently 2. remedies this deficiency. The Triumph of Anti-Art is an absorbing tour through the origins of the controversial art forms of conceptual art conceptual art Any of various art forms in which the idea for a work of art is considered more important than the finished product. The theory was explored by Marcel Duchamp from c. 1910, but the term was coined in the late 1950s by Edward Kienholz. and performance art, walking the reader through the seemingly seem·ing adj. Apparent; ostensible. n. Outward appearance; semblance. seem  ing·ly adv. complicated and ambiguous meanings and nuances of such formats. Chapters specifically focus upon the works of Francois Morellet, Bernar Venet, Beuys and Warhol, Marina Abramovic, and many more. Offering enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America.
Background and Basic TenetsThe scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. as to the motives, messages, and expressions of conceptual and performance art, The Triumph of Anti-Art is a "must-read" for novices and experienced art connoisseurs alike. |
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