Description: Nature (Whitechapel: Document of Contemporary Art). Limited book published Contemporary artists' radical investigations of nature, juxtaposed with the eclectic scientific and philosophical sources that inform their art. Nature, as both subject and object, has been repeatedly rejected and reclaimed by artists over the last half century. With the dislocation of disciplinary boundaries in visual culture, art that is engaged with nature has also forged connections with a new range of scientific, historical, and philosophical ideas. Developing technologies make our interventions into natural systems both increasingly refined and profound. Advances in biological and telecommunication technology continually modify the way we present ourselves. So too are artistic representations of nature (human and otherwise) being transformed. This anthology addresses these issues by considering how the rise of transdisciplinary practices in the postwar era allowed for new kinds of artistic engagement with nature. These include the postminimalist inscriptions associated with Land art; environmentally engaged practices designed to propose novel forms of stewardship; and more recent projects concerned with relationships between the most subtle and minute components of life and the large-scale appearance of the world. These projects unsettle the most basic operations of “natural” personhood and identity. Including a wide range of writings by and about artists, juxtaposed with influential texts from diverse theoretical bases, this collection provides an overview of the eclectic scientific and philosophical sources that inform contemporary art's investigations of nature.
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Literary Movement: Naturalism
Original Language: English
Book Title: Nature
Item Length: 8.3in.
Item Height: 0.9in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Jeffrey Kastner
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Criticism & Theory, Aesthetics, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), History / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Art, Philosophy
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
