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Fear and Art in the Contemporary World
Caterina Albano
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Description for Fear and Art in the Contemporary World
Paperback. Focuses on the role of images in the culture of fear in contemporary art and on the development of an 'aesthetics of fear'. This book offers a broad look at the ways in which fear pervades various aspects of our lives and defines how we relate to and interpret the world around us. Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
We have always known dread and panic, felt threatened by certain groups or situations, or by natural and human-made forces. And the spectres haunting our own era of 'late modernity' are many and varied. Food, people, environments and technologies carry signs of real or imagined threat that cause us anxiety. Fears of pollution or contagion have acquired cultural currency and the new bogeymen are paedophiles and terrorists. Fear and Art in the Contemporary World sheds valuable light on the role of images in the current culture of fear in contemporary art and on the development of an 'aesthetics of fear'. ... Read more
We have always known dread and panic, felt threatened by certain groups or situations, or by natural and human-made forces. And the spectres haunting our own era of 'late modernity' are many and varied. Food, people, environments and technologies carry signs of real or imagined threat that cause us anxiety. Fears of pollution or contagion have acquired cultural currency and the new bogeymen are paedophiles and terrorists. Fear and Art in the Contemporary World sheds valuable light on the role of images in the current culture of fear in contemporary art and on the development of an 'aesthetics of fear'. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
468 g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230191
SKU
V9781780230191
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99-15
About Caterina Albano
Caterina Albano is a research fellow and curator for Artakt, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, University of the Arts, London.
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