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Decoys and disruptions : selected writings, 1975-2001

By:

Rosler, Martha

Series: October booksPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press in association with International Center of Photography, New York, ®2004.Description: xii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0262182319
9780262182317
0262681587
9780262681582

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

N 6537 ROS

Contents:

I. Situated in context. For an art against the mythology of everyday life ; Lookers, buyers, dealers, and makers: thoughts on audience ; Video: shedding the utopian moment. -- II. Strategies of production. The figure of the artist, the figure of the woman ; Lee Friedlander, an exemplary modern photographer ; Notes on quotes. -- III. Photography as image and trace. In, around, and afterthoughts (on documentary photography) ; Post-documentary, post-photography? ; Wars and metaphors ; Image simulations, computer manipulations: some considerations. -- IV. Censorship and power. Theses on defunding ; The suppression agenda for art ; Place, position, power, politics.

Summary: "The first comprehensive collection of writings by Martha Rosler considers the intersection of art and politics, the operation of art systems, feminist art practices, and the media. Decoys and Disruptions is the first comprehensive collection of writings by American artist and critic Martha Rosler. Best known for her videos and photography, Rosler has also been an original and influential cultural critic and theorist for over twenty-five years. The writings collected here address such key topics as documentary photography, feminist art, video, government patronage of the arts, censorship, and the future of digitally based photographic media. Taken together, these thirteen essays not only show Rosler's importance as a critic but also offer an essential resource for readers interested in the issues confronting contemporary art. The essays in this collection illustrate Rosler's ongoing investigation into means of exposing truth and provoking change, providing a retrospective of characteristic issues in her work. Mixing analysis and wit, Rosler challenges many of the fundamental precepts of contemporary art practice. Her influential essay, "In, around, and afterthoughts: on documentary photography," almost single-handedly dismantled the myth of liberal documentary photography when it appeared. Many of the essays in this volume have had a similarly wide-ranging influence; others are published here for the first time. Illustrating the essays are 81 images by Rosler and other artists and photographers." -- Publisher note

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Title notes ( 4 )

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	N 6537 ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0016538

"An October book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The first comprehensive collection of writings by Martha Rosler considers the intersection of art and politics, the operation of art systems, feminist art practices, and the media.

Decoys and Disruptions is the first comprehensive collection of writings by American artist and critic Martha Rosler. Best known for her videos and photography, Rosler has also been an original and influential cultural critic and theorist for over twenty-five years. The writings collected here address such key topics as documentary photography, feminist art, video, government patronage of the arts, censorship, and the future of digitally based photographic media. Taken together, these thirteen essays not only show Rosler's importance as a critic but also offer an essential resource for readers interested in the issues confronting contemporary art. The essays in this collection illustrate Rosler's ongoing investigation into means of exposing truth and provoking change, providing a retrospective of characteristic issues in her work.

Mixing analysis and wit, Rosler challenges many of the fundamental precepts of contemporary art practice. Her influential essay, "In, around, and afterthoughts: on documentary photography," almost single-handedly dismantled the myth of liberal documentary photography when it appeared. Many of the essays in this volume have had a similarly wide-ranging influence; others are published here for the first time. Illustrating the essays are 81 images by Rosler and other artists and photographers." -- Publisher note