From roughly 1965 to 1980, Conceptual Art and Performance Art took center stage throughout the western world, introducing new and complex ideas to the practice of contemporary art which reverberate to this day. Thomas McEvilley's The Triumph of Anti-Art not only explains the origins of these controversial and compelling art forms, but also uncovers many relatively unrecognized yet indisputably important artists, American and European. He guides the reader through a thicket of seemingly arcane meanings of these ...
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From roughly 1965 to 1980, Conceptual Art and Performance Art took center stage throughout the western world, introducing new and complex ideas to the practice of contemporary art which reverberate to this day. Thomas McEvilley's The Triumph of Anti-Art not only explains the origins of these controversial and compelling art forms, but also uncovers many relatively unrecognized yet indisputably important artists, American and European. He guides the reader through a thicket of seemingly arcane meanings of these nonrepresentational art form, and brings clarity to the intentions and agendas of these artists, as well as to their real world contexts. The long-term effects of "anti-art," and the development of the pluralistic situation known as post-Modernism, are described in vivid detail. From the Greek philosopher Diogenes, through the 19th-century German romantic tradition, to the modern art critic Clement Greenberg, McEvilley traces philosophical ideas and political impulses that tempor
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Very good. Clean pages and tight binding. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 392 p. Audience: General/trade. Thank you for supporting the Friends of the Torrance Library. Your purchase helps us to provide adult and children's programs and new library services.
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Good DJ, VG book (Ex-Art Library with small sticker on DJ and rear pastedown; DJ is lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; book itself has extremely light edgewear and bumping; interior is in excellent condition. ) Red DJ under clear Brodart jacket, with black and white lettering; black boards with gilt lettering; 391 pp.; richly illustrated. From about 1965 to 1980, Conceptual Art and Performance Art took center stage throughout the western world, introducing new and complex ideas to the practice of contemporary art, ideas which reverberate globally to this day. "The Triumph of Anti-Art" not only locates the origins and development of these controversial and compelling art forms, but also uncovers many relatively unrecognized yet indisputably iimportant artists, both American and European. --DJ.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 104x20x152; McPherson & Co. / Documentext, 2005; stated First Edition with full number line; 391pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG condition, arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
