On the Museum's Ruins

by Douglas Crimp

Book Overview

On the Museum's Ruins presents Douglas Crimp's criticism of contemporary art, its institutions, and its politics alongside photographic works by the artist Louise Lawler to create a collaborative project that is itself an example of postmodern practice at its most provocative. Crimp elaborates the new paradigm of postmodernism through analyses of art practices broadly conceived, not only the practices of artists--Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262531267
• ISBN13: 9780262531269
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher