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Shows of Force
Timothy W. Luke
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Description for Shows of Force
Paperback. It has long been considered a mark of naivete to ask of a work of art: What does it say? By critically examining the exhibition of art in contemporary American museums, this book identifies how art showings are elaborate works of theater that reveal underlying political, social, and economic agendas. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
It has long been considered a mark of naïveté to ask of a work of art: What does it say? But as Timothy W. Luke demonstrates in Shows of Force, artwork is capable of saying plenty, and much of the message resides in the way it is exhibited. By critically examining the exhibition of art in contemporary American museums, Luke identifies how art showings are elaborate works of theater that reveal underlying political, social, and economic agendas.
The first section, “Envisioning a Past, Imagining the West,” looks at art exhibitions devoted to artworks about or from the American West. Luke ... Read more
It has long been considered a mark of naïveté to ask of a work of art: What does it say? But as Timothy W. Luke demonstrates in Shows of Force, artwork is capable of saying plenty, and much of the message resides in the way it is exhibited. By critically examining the exhibition of art in contemporary American museums, Luke identifies how art showings are elaborate works of theater that reveal underlying political, social, and economic agendas.
The first section, “Envisioning a Past, Imagining the West,” looks at art exhibitions devoted to artworks about or from the American West. Luke ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822311232
SKU
V9780822311232
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About Timothy W. Luke
Timothy Luke, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic and State University at Blacksburg, is the author of several books, including Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx and Ecocritique: Contesting the Politics of Nature, Economy, and Culture.
Reviews for Shows of Force
“Shows of Force is a forceful and arresting book, accessible to a whole host of people—both consumers and producers—interested in the politics of culture today.”—Ben Agger, author of Fast Capitalism “This is a groundbreaking book for anyone interested in the cultural politics of contemporary art.”—Suzi Gablik, author of Has Modernism Failed?