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A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life
Mira Schor
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Description for A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life
Paperback. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life. 336 pages, 53 illustrations. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight: 582.
A Decade of Negative Thinking brings together writings on contemporary art and culture by the painter and feminist art theorist Mira Schor. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, she tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting, and the influence of the market on the creation of art. Schor writes across disciplines and is committed to the fluid interrelationship between a formalist aesthetic, a literary sensibility, and a strongly political viewpoint. Her critical views are expressed with poetry and humor in the accessible language that has ... Read more
A Decade of Negative Thinking brings together writings on contemporary art and culture by the painter and feminist art theorist Mira Schor. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, she tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting, and the influence of the market on the creation of art. Schor writes across disciplines and is committed to the fluid interrelationship between a formalist aesthetic, a literary sensibility, and a strongly political viewpoint. Her critical views are expressed with poetry and humor in the accessible language that has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822346029
SKU
V9780822346029
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About Mira Schor
Mira Schor is a painter, writer, and teacher living in New York. She is the author of Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture and an editor of The Extreme of the Middle: The Writings of Jack Tworkov (forthcoming) and M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings, Theory, and Criticism, also published by Duke University Press. Schor is a recipient of ... Read more
Reviews for A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life
“Mira Schor reminds us that some of the best, and most eye-opening, writing on art has always been made by artists themselves. The essays in A Decade of Negative Thinking demolish countless widely held assumptions about contemporary art, and do so with a compelling blend of skepticism and passion.”—Raphael Rubinstein, author of Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism, 1990–2002 “This collection ... Read more