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A thing of beauty is ... / [guest-edited by Michael Petry].

By: Series: Art & design profilePublication details: London : Academy Editions, 1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: iii, 89 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 9780471976844
  • 0471976849
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Contents:
A Thing of Beauty Is... Statements from Jessica Diamond, Michael Snow and Annette Messager. In the Eye of Venus: The Tragic Dance of the Three Graces. Statements from Hermann Nitsch and Jibby Beane. The Pleasure of Our Company. Statement from Eva and Adele. Statements from Mark Currah, Mischa Kuball and Berthold J. Bell. Now Beauty has been Reincarnated. The Body as Sculpture: Beauty and the Unbearable Fragmentation of Being. The Possibility of the Happy End. List of Exhibits.
Summary: This profile of art and design explores beauty as a cultural construct, looking both at its more positive historical associations and how it functions today in relation to artworks in the global media age. With contributions from a host of artists and writers including Orlan, Barbara Bloom, Michael Craig-Martin, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Per Barclay, the book will ask if anything can be allowed to be beautiful again, and if so, what does it mean for art perceived in an ugly age, and in relation to artworks in the global media age.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 701 PET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00858

"A thing of beauty is ... is the second Museum of Contemporary Art, London, exhibition in book form in collaboration with Art & Design magazine. Artists were asked to contribute a page, or several images that would be seen in the context of this printed exhibition. The artists and writers selected are exploring the notion of Beauty in contemporary art in their own work ..."--Page [iv].

Includes bibliographical references.

A Thing of Beauty Is... Statements from Jessica Diamond, Michael Snow and Annette Messager. In the Eye of Venus: The Tragic Dance of the Three Graces. Statements from Hermann Nitsch and Jibby Beane. The Pleasure of Our Company. Statement from Eva and Adele. Statements from Mark Currah, Mischa Kuball and Berthold J. Bell. Now Beauty has been Reincarnated. The Body as Sculpture: Beauty and the Unbearable Fragmentation of Being. The Possibility of the Happy End. List of Exhibits.

This profile of art and design explores beauty as a cultural construct, looking both at its more positive historical associations and how it functions today in relation to artworks in the global media age. With contributions from a host of artists and writers including Orlan, Barbara Bloom, Michael Craig-Martin, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Per Barclay, the book will ask if anything can be allowed to be beautiful again, and if so, what does it mean for art perceived in an ugly age, and in relation to artworks in the global media age.