Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Beyond Resemblance: Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism
Robert Linsley
€ 37.81
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Beyond Resemblance: Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Art today may be global, Robert Linsley argues in this book, but it is the same everywhere you go: full of intentional meaning, statements, and even branded images that insist on a particular message. That is to say, art everywhere is conceptual. In this first critique of global conceptual art, Linsley looks back at an older genre, abstract art, to reclaim some of its lost value not as an empty commodity to be traded by the wealthy but as a way for us to find perspective amid chaos. Linsley shows how abstraction is a response to the world we live ... Read more
Art today may be global, Robert Linsley argues in this book, but it is the same everywhere you go: full of intentional meaning, statements, and even branded images that insist on a particular message. That is to say, art everywhere is conceptual. In this first critique of global conceptual art, Linsley looks back at an older genre, abstract art, to reclaim some of its lost value not as an empty commodity to be traded by the wealthy but as a way for us to find perspective amid chaos. Linsley shows how abstraction is a response to the world we live ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780236322
SKU
V9781780236322
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Robert Linsley
Robert Linsley is an artist and writer who has exhibited works in galleries all across Europe and North America. "
Reviews for Beyond Resemblance: Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism
Robert Linsley has produced a refreshingly distinctive, insightful, and deeply knowledgeable book. As both an innovative artist and an incisive critical writer, he speaks as an insider about the contemporary state of the fine arts, especially as it bears on the abstract end of the range of current practices. Linsley writes with the clarity of a classic figure like David ... Read more