A Forest of Signs
Art in the Crisis of Representation
ed. by Catherine Gudis ; text by Ann Goldstein, Mary Jane Jacob, Anne Rorimer, Howard Singerman

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Auteur(s)

Ann Goldstein, Mary Jane Jacob, Anne Rorimer, Howard Singerman

Editor(s)

Catherine Gudis

Uitgever

Los Angeles ; Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The Museum of Contemporary Art ; The MIT Press, 1989

Omvang

176 p., geïllustreerd, 30 cm.

ISBN

0262071193

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This publication accompanies the exhibition 'A Forrest of Signs : Art in the Crisis of Representation' curated by Ann Goldstein and Mary Jane Jacob in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 07.05-13.08.1989. A Forest of Signs documents a major exhibition of critical art in the last decade, one that marks a change in the art world, perhaps even in the broader culture. The thread of representation ties together the work of the 30 artists included in the book, encompassing such issues as allegory, appropriation, and commodification, the role of the artist, and the functions of authorship and originality in vesting meaning in art. Much of the work is provocative, challenging the way we look at art, the way we talk about it, where we see it, and how we buy it.

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Persoon als onderwerp

Richard Baim, Thomas Lawson, Judith Barry, Sherrie Levine, Ericka Beckman, Robert Longo, Gretchen Bender, Allan McCollum, Dara Birnbaum, Matt Mullican, Barbara Bloom, Peter Nagy, Troy Brauntuch, Stephen Prina, Sarah Charlesworth, Richard Prince, Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Simmons, Larry Johnson, Haim Steinbach, Ronald Jones, Mitchell Syrop, Mike Kelley, James Welling, Jeff Koons, Christopher Williams, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler

Trefwoorden

critical aesthetics , art history , various disciplines , art theory , appropriation , 20th cent. , authorship

Geografische locatie

US

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 9 - 2: Kunst stromingen en thema's

Opmerkingen

Incl. notes, bibliographical references and Index.