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Object painting / Andrew Benjamin.

By: Publication details: London : Academy Editions, 1994.Description: 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781854903617
  • 1854903616
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Contents:
1. Objects and Questions -- 2. Matter and Meaning: On Installations and Sites -- 3. Material Events: Langlands & Bell -- 4. Installed Memory: Christian Boltanski -- 5. Painting as Object: Robert Ryman -- 6. Timed Surfaces: Jackson Pollock -- 7. Placing History: Anselm Kiefer
Summary: A sustained interpretation of painting and the question of the art object. This text considers both these topics, central to the understanding of art in the 20th century, reviewing the relationship of painting to time, the continuing influence of Duchamp on the art-object, and minimalist sculpture.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Red 750.1 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 26/03/2025 01088

Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-128).

1. Objects and Questions -- 2. Matter and Meaning: On Installations and Sites -- 3. Material Events: Langlands & Bell -- 4. Installed Memory: Christian Boltanski -- 5. Painting as Object: Robert Ryman -- 6. Timed Surfaces: Jackson Pollock -- 7. Placing History: Anselm Kiefer

A sustained interpretation of painting and the question of the art object. This text considers both these topics, central to the understanding of art in the 20th century, reviewing the relationship of painting to time, the continuing influence of Duchamp on the art-object, and minimalist sculpture.