Routledge Revivals: In Modernity's Wake (1989)
The Ameurunculus Letters
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, European, General Art, Criticism
| Author: | Michael Phillipson | ISBN: | 9781351995894 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 17, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Phillipson |
| ISBN: | 9781351995894 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | February 17, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
First published in 1988, this book attempts to tackle the problem of how to write about art, culture, and the issues of postmodernism in a style appropriate to what is being claimed. The letters are written on art’s behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, and have as their recurring concern the relation between art, culture and representation — both art as representation and how art is represented to, and for, the surrounding culture. They explore the context and viability of art through a range of themes, including writing, the aestheticisation of everyday life, style, design pleasure, fragmentation, hyphenation, technology, and the museum — drawing on materials from the visual arts, music, literature, post-structuralism, contemporary criticism, philosophy, and sociology.
First published in 1988, this book attempts to tackle the problem of how to write about art, culture, and the issues of postmodernism in a style appropriate to what is being claimed. The letters are written on art’s behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, and have as their recurring concern the relation between art, culture and representation — both art as representation and how art is represented to, and for, the surrounding culture. They explore the context and viability of art through a range of themes, including writing, the aestheticisation of everyday life, style, design pleasure, fragmentation, hyphenation, technology, and the museum — drawing on materials from the visual arts, music, literature, post-structuralism, contemporary criticism, philosophy, and sociology.
