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Destruction Rites: Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture
Mona Hadler
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Description for Destruction Rites: Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture
Hardcover. Destruction Rites reveals how the great destructive acts of the postwar era were transformed into constructive acts, both in the public sphere and the art museum. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFC; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
In the early sixties, crowds gathered to watch rites of destruction - from the demolition derby where makeshift cars crashed into each other for sport, to concerts where musicians destroyed their instruments, to performances of self-destructing machines staged by contemporary artists. Destruction, in both its playful and fearsome aspects, was ubiquitous in the new Atomic Age. This complicated subjectivity was not just a way for people to find catharsis amid the fears of annihilation and postwar trauma, but also a complex instantiation of ideological crisis-in a time with some seriously conflicted political myths.Destruction Rites explores the ephemeral visual culture of ... Read more
In the early sixties, crowds gathered to watch rites of destruction - from the demolition derby where makeshift cars crashed into each other for sport, to concerts where musicians destroyed their instruments, to performances of self-destructing machines staged by contemporary artists. Destruction, in both its playful and fearsome aspects, was ubiquitous in the new Atomic Age. This complicated subjectivity was not just a way for people to find catharsis amid the fears of annihilation and postwar trauma, but also a complex instantiation of ideological crisis-in a time with some seriously conflicted political myths.Destruction Rites explores the ephemeral visual culture of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784533403
SKU
V9781784533403
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About Mona Hadler
Mona Hadler is Professor of Art History at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). She is also on the faculty at Brooklyn College. She has written widely on the art of Lee Bontecou and on the art of 1950s New York.
Reviews for Destruction Rites: Ephemerality and Demolition in Postwar Visual Culture
''Hadler treats objects of popular culture without condescension, giving them the same thoughtful visual analysis, informed by a deep understanding of history, with which she presents avant-garde art. And she provides a model for interpreting iconoclasm that will be relevant both to art historians in her own field and far beyond it. I'm very grateful for this book.'' ... Read more