Blocker, Jane <br/><br/>
Becoming past :  history in contemporary art / 
Jane Blocker. 
 - Minneapolis :  University of Minnesota Press,  c2016. 
 - 236 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: history as prosthesis -- 1. Wooden legs: goat island's acts of repair -- 2. Houses falling down: archival violence in Steve McQueen's deadpan -- 3. Incorrect and incomplete: Ross McElwee's fictions and Samuel Delan's lies -- 4. The empty stage: a story about the past by Matthew Buckingham -- 5. Stupid birds: temporal dissidence in The Lastmaker -- 6. Transitional objects: Dario Robleto's spools -- Conclusion: Wooden feet: Francis Alys and syncopated time. 
<br/><br/> "Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary - as much as we may want to consider it otherwise - is made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this moving target? These questions lie at the center of Becoming Past. Focusing on a significant aspect of current art practice, Jane Blocker asks how the creation of the artist implicates and interrogates that of the art historian as she investigates a series of works from art history, theater, performance, and literature. many books have sought to understand the key directions of contemporary art, but Becoming Past is concerned with the application of art history in the pursuit of such trends." -- Back cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816696970   hardback 9780816696987   paperback 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Arts and history<br/>Arts, Modern--Themes, motives--20th century<br/>Arts, Modern--Themes, motives--21st century
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>700.9