The Turn to Provisionality in Contemporary Art: Negative Work

by Raphael Rubinstein

Book Overview

In his influential essay "Provisional Painting," Raphael Rubinstein applied the term "provisional" to contemporary painters whose work looked intentionally casual, dashed-off, tentative, unfinished or self-cancelling; who appeared to have deliberately turned away from "strong" painting for something that seemed to constantly risk failure or inconsequence.

In this collection of essays, Rubinstein expands the scope of his original article by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350243752
• ISBN13: 9781350243750
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"