| Art and Its Shadow Contributor(s): Perniola, Mario (Author) |
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ISBN: 082646243X ISBN-13: 9780826462435 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Art and its Shadow is an extraordinary analysis of the state and meanig of contemporary art and film. From cyberpunk to the work of Andy Warhol, Wim Wenders and Darekj Jarman, Mario Perniola examines the latest and most disturbing tendencies in art. He explores how at--notably in posthumanism, psychotic realism and extreme art-- art--continues to survive despite the hype of the art market and the world of mass communication and reporduction. He argues that the meaning of art in the modern world no longer lies in aesthetic value (which lies above the artwork), nor in popular taste (which is below the artwork), but beside the artwork, in the shadow created by both the art establishement and the world of mass communications. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 701.170 |
| LCCN: 2004299800 |
| Series: Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.56" W x 8.5" (0.31 lbs) 78 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Art and its Shadow is an extraordinary analysis of the state and meaning of contemporary art and film. Ranging across the work of Andy Warhol, cyberpunk, Wim Wenders, Derek Jarman, thinking on difference and the possibility of a philosophical cinema, Mario Perniola examines the latest and most disturbing tendencies in art.Perniola explores how art - notably in posthumanism, psychotic realism and extreme art - continues to survive despite the hype of the art market and the world of mass communication and reproduction. He argues that the meaning of art in the modern world no longer lies in aesthetic value (above the art work), nor in popular taste (below the art work), but beside the artwork, in the shadow created by both the art establishment and the world of mass communications. In this shadow is what is left out of account by both market and mass media: the difficulty of art, a knowledge that can never be fully revealed, and a new aesthetic future. |