The Return of the Real
The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century
Hal Foster

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Author(s)

Hal Foster

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 1996

Scope

299 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

0262561077

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After the paradigms on art-as-text in the 70's and art-as-simulacrum in the 80's, Hal Foster argues that we are witness to a "return of the real" - of art and theory that seek to be grounded in actual bodies and social sites.

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Keywords

art theory

Location

Cabinet 9 - 3: Kunst stromingen en thema's

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space

Remarks

Incl. notes, bibliographical references and Index.