Art and animals

By:

Aloi, Giovanni [author.]

Series: Art and-Publisher: London [England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2012Distributor: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (193 p.)ISBN:

0857732757
9780857732750
0755603885
9780755603886
9786613595416
6613595411
0857720643
9780857720641

Other title:

Art & animals [Spine title]

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

LOC classification:

N7660 .A46 2012eb

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Contents:

Caught up in representation -- Taxidermy: Subjugated wilderness -- Levels of proximity -- An uncomfortable closeness -- The animal that therefore I am not -- The death of the animal -- Conclusion: In conversation with Mark Dion-The culture of nature.

Subject: Art is continually haunted by the animal', wrote Deleuze and Guattari. Over the past two decades, animals have quite literally invaded the gallery space, from Joseph Beuys' co-habiting with a coyote, Janis Kounelli's instillation of live horses, Damien Hirst's shark in formaldehyde to Mark Dion's natural history displays and Marco Evaristti's 'goldfish in a blender'. In this latest addition to the highly acclaimed 'Art and...' series, Giovanni Aloi surveys the insistent presence of animals in the world of contemporary art, exploring the leading concepts which inform this emerging practice. From exhibitions featuring live animals, to taxidermy, and interspecies communication, Giovanni Aloi explores how animals feature in modern art with a range of thought-provoking and innovative visual representations. Art and Animals challenges ideas of identity, 'otherness' and civilisation by explaining the role animals have occupied in our cultural development and illustrating their presence in the visual arts today.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.

Art is continually haunted by the animal', wrote Deleuze and Guattari. Over the past two decades, animals have quite literally invaded the gallery space, from Joseph Beuys' co-habiting with a coyote, Janis Kounelli's instillation of live horses, Damien Hirst's shark in formaldehyde to Mark Dion's natural history displays and Marco Evaristti's 'goldfish in a blender'. In this latest addition to the highly acclaimed 'Art and...' series, Giovanni Aloi surveys the insistent presence of animals in the world of contemporary art, exploring the leading concepts which inform this emerging practice. From exhibitions featuring live animals, to taxidermy, and interspecies communication, Giovanni Aloi explores how animals feature in modern art with a range of thought-provoking and innovative visual representations. Art and Animals challenges ideas of identity, 'otherness' and civilisation by explaining the role animals have occupied in our cultural development and illustrating their presence in the visual arts today.

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