Book Description
Perhaps the worst thing that can be said of modern art os that it is beautiful. This dismisses the work as mere fluff, art that is candy, art that is not really art. This profile explores beauty as a cultural construct looking at its more positive historical associations and how it functions today in relation to art works in the global media age. With contributions from a host of artists and writers including Brian Catling, Barbara Bloom, Derek Jarman, Inez van Lamsweerde, Pat Steir, Kazuo Katase, Karen Kilimnik, Per Barclay, Michael Craig-Martin.
A Thing of Beauty Is ... will ask if anything can be allowed to be beautiful again, and if so, what does it mean for art in what is perceived to be an ugly age, or is the myth of the ugly only the other side of the looking glass?
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Synopsis
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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