Foster, Hal

Bad New Days: Art, Criticism, Emergency

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ISBN 13:: 9781784781484
author:: Foster, Hal
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Verso
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2017
Pages:: 208
Dimensions:: 14.2 x 1.5 x 21.3 cm
Genre:: Art, Architecture & Photography, Criticism & Theory, ,
Condition:: New
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Bad New Days: Art, Criticism, Emergency by Hal Foster explores the dynamic relationship between art and politics over the last twenty-five years. In this thought-provoking analysis, Foster examines how artists have responded to the challenges of neoliberalism and the war on terror. Foster identifies four key paradigms in contemporary art: abject, archival, mimetic, and precarious. Through a close reading of the work of various artists and thinkers, he argues that these paradigms offer new ways of understanding the complexities of our time. By examining the ways in which art has anticipated and responded to the crisis of emergency, Foster offers a nuanced account of the contemporary condition. This book is a valuable contribution to ongoing debates about art, politics, and culture.

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