American Art Since 1945

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title American Art Since 1945
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Joselit
SeriesWorld of Art
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 150
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9780500203682
ClassificationsDewey:709.7309045
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General
Illustrations 112 Illustrations, black and white; 75 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 19 May 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

No other introductory book presents the diversity and complexity of postwar American art from Abstract Expressionism to the present as clearly and succinctly as this groundbreaking survey. David Joselit traces and analyses the often contradictory formal, ideological and political conditions during this period which made American art predominant throughout the world. Social and cultural transformations rooted in mass-media technologies - photography, television, video and the Internet - elevated consumer commodities to the status of legitimate art subjects, as in Pop and Installation art, and brought about a mechanization of the creative act. Artists also increasingly engaged with issues of gender, race, identity and power. Canonical movements and figures are discussed - Pollock, Rothko, Krasner, Oldenburg, Johns, Warhol, Paik, Ruscha, Sherman, Holzer, Koons and Barney - in juxtaposition with lesser known contemporary artists and practices.

Author Biography

David Joselit is Carnegie Professor of the History of Art, Yale University.