The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Difference

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Publisher's Synopsis

Anchored in artistic practice, this vibrant collection of essays and writings spans a period from 1992-2017 and the work of leading artists such as Adel Abdessemed, Richard Avedon, Sonia Boyce, Frank Bowling, Omer Fast, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Alfredo Jaar, Glenn Ligon and Shen Yuan. A key figure in British and international art, Gilane Tawadros draws difference to the surface, recuperating it as a potentially radical frame through which to understand contemporary art and the everyday world. Playing with forms of writing, from critical analyses to fictional narratives, the book functions as a practice-based meditation on how to write about contemporary art.

Book information

ISBN: 9781788314091
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Pub date:
DEWEY: 701.03
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xv, 333
Weight: 1100g
Height: 186mm
Width: 261mm
Spine width: 25mm