Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

by Jonathan Vickery (Editor), Diarmuid Costello (Editor)

Overview

The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been so topical, but much recent thinking remains inaccessible and difficult to use. This book assesses the work of those thinkers (including artists) who have had a major impact on making, criticizing and interpreting art since the 1960s. With entries by leading international experts, this book presents a concise, critical appraisal of thinkers and their ideas about art and its place in the wider cultural context. A guide to the key thinkers who shape today's world of art, this book is a vital reference for anyone interested in modern and contemporary art, its history, philosophy and practice.Theodor ADORNO * Roland BARTHES * Georges BATAILLE * Jean BAUDRILLARD * Walter BENJAMIN * JM BERNSTEIN * Pierre BOURDIEU * Nicolas BOURRIAUD * Benjamin BUCHLOH * Daniel BUREN * Judith BUTLER * Noël CARROLL * Stanley CAVELL * TJ CLARK * Arthur C. DANTO * Gilles DELEUZE * Jacques DERRIDA * George DICKIE * Thierry DE DUVE * James ELKINS * Hal FOSTER * Michel FOUCAULT * Michael FRIED * Dan GRAHAM * Clement GREENBERG * Fredric JAMESON * Mike KELLEY * Mary KELLY * Melanie KLEIN * Joseph KOSUTH * Rosalind KRAUSS * Julia KRISTEVA * Barbara KRUGER * Niklas LUHMANN * Jean-François LYOTARD * Maurice MERLEAU-PONTY * WJT MITCHELL * Robert MORRIS * Linda NOCHLIN * Adrian PIPER * Griselda POLLOCK * Robert SMITHSON * Jeff WALL * Albrecht WELLMER * Richard WOLLHEIM

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857850775
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	455 KB

About the Author

Diarmuid Costello lectures in the Department of Philosophy, and Jonathan Vickery in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, both at the University of Warwick. They have published broadly on aesthetics and contemporary art theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     vii
General Introduction     ix
Art Theory and Practice
Introduction     3
Daniel Buren (1938-)   Melanie Marino     5
Dan Graham (1942-)   Eric de Bruyn     9
Mike Kelly (1954-)   John Welchman     13
Mary Kelly (1941-)   Margaret Iversen     17
Joseph Kosuth (1945-)   Michael Corris     21
Barbara Kruger (1945-)   Esther Leslie     24
Robert Morris (1931-)   Jonathan Vickery     28
Adrian Piper (1948-)   Robert del Principe     32
Robert Smithson (1938-1973)   Dominic Rahtz     36
Jeff Wall (1946-)   Stewart Martin     40
Art Theory and History
Introduction     47
Nicolas Bourriaud (1965-)   Claire Bishop     49
Benjamin Buchloh (1941-)   Christine Mehring     53
T.J. Clark (1943-)   Dominic Willsdon     57
Thierry de Duve (1944-)   Gregg Horowitz     60
James Elkins (1955-)   Robert Williams     64
Hal Foster (1955-)   Gordon Hughes     67
Michael Fried (1939-)   Stephen Melville     71
Clement Greenberg (1909-1994)   Diarmuid Costello     74
Rosalind Krauss (1940-)   Martha Buskirk     78
W. J. T. Mitchell (1942-)   Riccardo Marchi     82
Linda Nochlin (1931-)   Francesca Berry     86
Griselda Pollock (1949-)   Kirstie Skinner     90
Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics
Introduction     97
Theodor Adorno (1903-1969)   Michael Kelly     99
J. M. Bernstein (1947-)   Espen Hammer     102
Noel Carroll (1947-)   Katerina Reed-Tsocha     106
Stanley Cavell (1926-)   Stephen Mulhall     110
Arthur C. Danto (1924-)   David Carrier     114
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995)   Darren Ambrose     117
Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)   Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield     121
George Dickie (1926-)   Cain Samuel Todd     125
Jean-Francois Lyotard (1924-1998)   James Williams     129
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)   Alex Potts     132
Albrecht Wellmer (1933-)   Ruth M. Sonderegger     136
Richard Wollheim (1923-2003)   Derek Matravers     140
Theory and Philosophy of Culture
Introduction     147
Roland Barthes (1915-1980)   Nancy Shawcross     149
Georges Bataille (1897-1961)   Michael Richardson     153
Jean Baudrillard (1929-)   Mike Gane     156
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940)   Helmut Schmitz     160
Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)   Gordon Fyfe     164
Judith Butler (1956-)   Rebecca Zorach     168
Michel Foucault (1926-1984)   Scott Durham     172
Fredric Jameson (1934-)   David Ayers     175
Melanie Klein (1882-1960)   Mignon Nixon     179
Julia Kristeva (1941-)   Sara Beardsworth     183
Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998)   Francis Halsall     187
Glossary of Key Terms     191
Contributors' Biographies     209