Aesthetics and Contemporary Art

by Armen Avanessian

Torn between a revival of aesthetics and the persistence of conceptualism, critical writing about contemporary art has once again come to focus on differing views of its aesthetic dimension. The context and character of these debates has, however, shifted markedly since the 1960s, with changes in art practices, institutions, political contexts, and theoretical paradigms--and in particular, with the global extension of the Western art world since...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193410552X
• ISBN13: 9781934105528
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.2"