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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821018103321

Titolo

Voices of fire : art, rage, power, and the state / / edited by Bruce Barber, Serge Guilbaut, and John O'Brian ; introduction by John O'Brian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-281-99733-1

9786611997335

1-4426-8316-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Collana

Theory / Culture

Disciplina

759.13

Soggetti

Painting, Abstract - United States

Public opinion - Canada

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bruising the public eye / John O'Brian -- Vox ignis vox populi / Thierry de Duve -- Thalia meets the melpomene : the higher meaning of the Voice of fire and Flesh dress controversies / Bruce Barber -- Who's afraid of Barnett Newman? / John O'Brian -- Voicing the fire of the fierce father / Serge Guilbaut -- Tightrope metaphysics / Nicole Dubreuil-Blodin -- Sculpture of Barnett Newman / Robert Murray -- Specific thoughts about the making and meaning of Voice of fire / Brydon Smith.

Sommario/riassunto

Item contains cartoons, letters, articles, essays, etc resulting from the debate (or outcry) following the purchase of Barnett Newman's "Voice of fire" by National Gallery of Canada. Also includes papers from a symposium organised by the National Gallery of Canada.