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Autore |
Perry Gillian |
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Playing at home : the house in contemporary art / / Gill Perry |
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London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Home in art |
Dwellings in art |
Art, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism |
Art, Modern - 21st century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Playing at Home: The House in Contemporary Art; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Family Traces; 2. Scaled Down; 3. Broken Homes; 4. Beach Houses; 5. Haunted Houses; 6. Green Houses; 7. Mobile Homes; Conclusion: Our House?; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Art Since the '80s, a new series from Reaktion Books, seeks to offer compelling surveys of popular themes in contemporary art. In the first book in the series, Gill Perry reveals how the house and the idea of home have inspired a range of imaginative and playful works by artists across the globe. Exploring how artists have engaged with this theme in different contexts-from mobile homes and beach houses to haunted houses and broken homes-Playing at Home shows that our relationship with houses involves complex responses in which gender, race, class, and status overlap, and that through these re |
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