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Seeing Witness: Visuality and the Ethics of Testimony
Jane Blocker
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Unearthing the meaning of witnessing in contemporary art and politics
The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance, the witness—whether artist, historian, scientist, government official, or ordinary citizen—has become empowered in realms from art to politics.
In Seeing Witness, Jane Blocker challenges the implicit authority of witnessing through the examination of a series of contemporary artworks, all of which make the act of witnessing visible, open to inspection and critique. Considering such artists as Marina Abramović, James Luna, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Eduardo Kac, and Ann Hamilton, ... Read moreGoing beyond particular traumatic or sensational events, Blocker contemplates the politics of witnessing and argues that the witness represents a morally unique—and even problematic—position of privilege. Separating Seeing Witness from previous literature on the subject, she finds that the visual is inherent in witnessing and asserts that contemporary art is integral to questioning and understanding how witnessing is mobilized in culture today. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816654772
SKU
V9780816654772
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About Jane Blocker
Jane Blocker is associate professor of art history at the University of Minnesota and the author of What the Body Cost: Desire, History, and Performance (Minnesota, 2004) and Where is Ana Mendieta? Identity, Performativity and Exile.
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