American Art Since 1945 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780500203682)

David Joselit traces and analyzes the contradictory formal, ideological, and political conditions during this period that made American art predominant throughout the world. Social and cultural transformations rooted in mass media technologies--photography, television, video, and the Internet--elevated consumer commodities to the status of legitimate art subjects, as in pop and installation art, and also brought about a mechanization of the creative act. Canonical movements and figures are discussed at length--Pollock, Rothko, Krasner, Oldenburg, Johns, Warhol, Paik, Ruscha, Sherman, Schnabel, Koons, Barney, and others--in juxtaposition with lesser known contemporary artists and practices.

Author: David Joselit
ISBN-10: 0500203687
ISBN-13: 9780500203682
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Language: English
Published: 06/17/2003
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 5.90h x 8.80w x 0.70d