Becoming past : history in contemporary art / Jane Blocker.

By:

Blocker, Jane [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2016.Description: 236 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780816696970
9780816696987

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

700.9

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	700.9 BLO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011530		Hadji Athena - Art History & Curation

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.