LEADER 04191nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910451822503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-52777-2 024 7 $a10.7312/tayl15766 035 $a(CKB)2550000000102134 035 $a(EBL)909378 035 $a(OCoLC)794494059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834015 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11966440 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834015 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10980466 035 $a(PQKB)11033492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909378 035 $a(DE-B1597)459379 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954303 035 $a(OCoLC)1029823228 035 $a(OCoLC)1032681053 035 $a(OCoLC)1037975443 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979583 035 $a(OCoLC)1046606543 035 $a(OCoLC)1046996638 035 $a(OCoLC)1049626802 035 $a(OCoLC)1054869904 035 $a(OCoLC)979574948 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231527774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909378 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556630 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853810 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000102134 100 $a20111012d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRefiguring the spiritual$b[electronic resource] $eBeuys, Barney, Turrell, Goldsworthy /$fMark C. Taylor 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aReligion, culture, and public life 300 $aTwo columns to the page. 311 $a0-231-15766-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Financialization Of Art -- $t2. Fat Living Art -- $t3. ? Creative Morphogenesis -- $t4. Creation Of The World -- $t5. Cure Of Ground -- $t6. After Thought -- $tNotes -- $tCredits and Permissions -- $tIndex 330 $aMark C. Taylor provocatively claims that contemporary art has lost its way. With the art market now mirroring the art of finance, many artists create works solely for the purpose of luring investors and inspiring trade among hedge funds and private equity firms. When art is commodified, corporatized, and financialized, it loses its critical edge and is transformed into a financial instrument calculated to maximize profitable returns.Joseph Beuys, Matthew Barney, James Turrell, and Andy Goldsworthy are artists who differ in style, yet they all defy the trends that have diminished art's potential in recent decades. They understand that art is a transformative practice drawing inspiration directly and indirectly from ancient and modern, Eastern and Western forms of spirituality. For Beuys, anthroposophy, alchemy, and shamanism drive his multimedia presentations; for Barney and Goldsworthy, Celtic mythology informs their art; and for Turrell, Quakerism and Hopi myth and ritual shape his vision.Eluding traditional genres and classifications, these artists combine spiritually inspired styles and techniques with material reality, creating works that resist merging space into cyberspace in a way that overwhelms local contexts with global networks. Their art reminds us of life's irreducible materiality and humanity's inescapability of place. For them, art is more than just an object or process-it is a vehicle transforming human awareness through actions echoing religious ritual. By lingering over the extraordinary work of Beuys, Barney, Turrell, and Goldsworthy, Taylor not only creates a novel and personal encounter with their art but also opens a new understanding of overlooked spiritual dimensions in our era. 410 0$aReligion, culture, and public life. 606 $aAesthetics 606 $aArt$xPhilosophy 606 $aArt and religion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAesthetics. 615 0$aArt$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aArt and religion. 676 $a701/.17 700 $aTaylor$b Mark C.$f1945-$0158562 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451822503321 996 $aRefiguring the spiritual$92471911 997 $aUNINA