American Art Since 1945

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
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 06/17/2003
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 5.90h x 8.80w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780500203682
ISBN10: 0500203687
BISAC Categories:
- Art | American | General
- Art | History | Contemporary (1945- )

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