Art and death
Auteur :
Townsend, Chris
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781845116637
Date de publication :
29 juil. 2008
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Looks at the way contemporary Western artists negotiate death, both as personal experience and in the wider community. This book discusses and moves beyond the 'spectacle of death' in work by artists such as Damien Hirst to see how mortality brings us face to face with profound ethical issues.