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Artculture : essays on the post-modern / Douglas Davis ; Introduction by Irving Sandler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Icon Editions, c1977.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0064310000
  • 9780064310000
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700/.9/04
LOC classification:
  • NX 458 D261a 1977
Contents:
Artpolitics.--The size of non-size.--What is content?--Photography as culture.--Filmgoing/videogoing.--The decline and fall of pop.--The idea of a twenty-first century museum.--Utopia.--Post-modern form.
Summary: Artculture is a collection of nine essays exploring how art and culture are transformed in the postmodern era. Douglas Davis examines the impact of media technologies like photography, video, and television on artistic practice and audience experience. He challenges traditional ideas of artistic autonomy, arguing that art is always shaped by politics, institutions, and mass culture. The book questions the future of museums, the decline of pop art, and the relevance of utopian thinking in a fragmented, media-saturated world. Davis offers a critical, forward-looking perspective on how art must adapt to a rapidly changing cultural landscape.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) NX 458 D261a 1977 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000193998

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artpolitics.--The size of non-size.--What is content?--Photography as culture.--Filmgoing/videogoing.--The decline and fall of pop.--The idea of a twenty-first century museum.--Utopia.--Post-modern form.

Artculture is a collection of nine essays exploring how art and culture are transformed in the postmodern era. Douglas Davis examines the impact of media technologies like photography, video, and television on artistic practice and audience experience. He challenges traditional ideas of artistic autonomy, arguing that art is always shaped by politics, institutions, and mass culture. The book questions the future of museums, the decline of pop art, and the relevance of utopian thinking in a fragmented, media-saturated world. Davis offers a critical, forward-looking perspective on how art must adapt to a rapidly changing cultural landscape.

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