Beauty, edited by Dave Beech
Beauty, edited by Dave Beech
Beauty documents major themes and ideas in contemporary art.
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Beauty, edited by Dave Beech
Beauty, edited by Dave Beech, is one of a series documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art.
Beauty is among the most hotly contested subjects in current discussions on art and culture. After decades of disavowal, beauty's resurgence in recent art has engaged some of the most influential artists and writers. Spanning diverse positions, this anthology assembles the key texts on the cultural politics of this recent phenomenon, as well as contextualizing these debates - both for and against - in artistic practice and the broader history of aesthetics.
Dave Beech is a London-based British artist and writer. He is a member of the collective freee (www.freee.org.uk). A regular contributor to Art Monthly, as well as periodicals such as Untitled, Mute and The First Condition, he has examined the legacies of the avant-garde in essays such as 'Art's Detractors', 'Shock vs Awe' and 'The Politics of Beauty'. He teaches at Chelsea College of Art and is the co-author of The Philistine Controversy, (2002).
Softcover; 240 pages; no illustrations; ISBN 9780584881635
Other titles in the Documents of Contemporary Art series:
Appropriation, edited by David Evans
The Archive, edited by Charles Merewether
The Artist's Joke, edited by Jennifer Higgie
The Cinematic, edited by David Campany
Colour, edited by David Batchelor
Design and Art, edited by Alex Coles
The Everyday, edited by Stephen Johnstone
The Gothic, edited by Gilda Williams
Participation, edited by Claire Bishop