Visual Cultures as Objects and Affects

by Simon O'Sullivan and Jorella Andrews

Largely due to the "linguistic turn" that has dominated the humanities since the mid-twentieth century, many contemporary scholars and artists habitually equate works of art with highly coded texts to be deciphered, deconstructed, or otherwise interpreted. Here, meaning, value, and impact have been fundamentally linked to art's capacity to "speak," to represent, to raise questions about representation, to convey a message, or articulate a concept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3943365387
• ISBN13: 9783943365382
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher