Art & Today by Eleanor Heartney
A comprehensive survey of art of the last three decades."Coffee tables everywhere are crying out for Phaidon latest tome, Art & TodayIt's exactly what you want: a comprehensive overview of art from the Eighties onwards... Arresting images [...] and great prose."—GQ
"A welcome overview of today's confused art world... A valuable reference book... Well-illustrated."—Wall Street Journa
"The overarching point of Art & Today is to show how the certainties of modernism [...] gave way to the anarchy of post-modern, contemporary art... The book attempts to impose some welcome order and logic on the ensuing chaos (and 400 artists): no easy task when the history is happening around you. Heartney, however, proves up to the challenge: she has an accessible prose style, a profound grasp of art history, and a publishing company willing to include 560 illustrations."—Art World
"The history of contemporary art, writes Heartney (Postmodernism), a contributing editor to Art in America, offers a tapestry of stories in an innovative, intellectually vigorous and superbly illustrated survey... Heartney's focus is sharp and selective, and her approach complexly postmodern: the ever-proliferating universe of Matthew Ritchie's installations are discussed in the context of Roland Barthes, Cindy Sherman's photographs as Bakhtinian carnival... This exceptional survey will have wide appeal... in a work that's both perceptive and energetic."—Publishers Weekly
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| ISBN 13 | 9780714866000 |
| ISBN 10 | 0714866008 |
| Title | Art & Today |
| Author | Eleanor Heartney |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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