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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826267903321

Autore

Green Denise

Titolo

Metonymy in contemporary art : a new paradigm / / Denise Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8166-9878-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

759.994

Soggetti

Art, Modern - 20th century - Philosophy

Artists - Psychology

Subjectivity in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; chapter 1 Some Limitations of Clement Greenberg's Writings: Referencing Aboriginal Vision; chapter 2 A Critique of Walter Benjamin from a Globalist Perspective; chapter 3 The Impact of Joseph Beuys; chapter 4 Away from Australia: My Aesthetic in the 1970's; chapter 5 Robert Motherwell: On Mark Rothko; chapter 6 The 1980's: Asia and its Influence. The Indian Experience; chapter 7 An Alternative Paradigm: Developing an Aesthetic for the 1990's

chapter 8 Painterly Thought and the Unconscious: Interviews with Alex Katz, Frank Stella, Dorothea Rockburne and Barry Le VaChapter 9 Seeing the Attack: 11 September 2001; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Denise Green develops an original approach to art criticism and modes of creativity inspired by aspects of Australian Aboriginal and Indian thought. Interweaving her own evolution as an artist with critiques of Clement Greenberg and Walter Benjamin as well as commentary on artists such as Mark Rothko and Frank Stella, Green explores the concept of metonymic thinking and its relevance to contemporary painting.