The Synthetic Proposition Conceptualism and the Political Referent in Contemporary Art |
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| Author:
| Shaked, Nizan |
| Series title: | Rethinking Art's Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78499-276-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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Traces two intersecting trajectories in American art. It shows how rights-based 1960s politics and the identity politics of the 1970s influenced the development of Conceptual art (with a capital 'C') into the diverse set of practices generally characterised as conceptualist (with a lower-case 'c').
Traces two intersecting trajectories in American art. It shows how rights-based 1960s politics and the identity politics of the 1970s influenced the development of Conceptual art (with a capital 'C') into the diverse set of practices generally characterised as conceptualist (with a lower-case 'c').