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Author Benjamin, Andrew E.

Title Object painting / Andrew Benjamin
Published London : Academy Editions ; New York, NY : Distributed to the trade in the U.S.A. by St. Martin's Press, 1994

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 MELB  750.1 Ben/Opa  AVAILABLE
Description 128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Objects and Questions -- Ch. 2. Matter and Meaning: On Installations and Sites -- Ch. 3. Material Events: Langlands & Bell -- Ch. 4. Installed Memory: Christian Boltanski -- Ch. 5. Painting as Object: Robert Ryman -- Ch. 6. Timed Surfaces: Jackson Pollock -- Ch. 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
Analysis Arts Philosophy
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-128)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-128)
Notes Also issued online
Subject Aesthetics, Modern -- 20th century.
Art objects.
Art -- Philosophy.
Art, Modern -- 20th century.
Installations (Art)
Object (Aesthetics)
Object (Philosophy)
Painting -- Philosophy.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Art.
LC no. 95118829
ISBN 1854903616