Gothic: Transmutations of horror in late twentieth century art

Published by The Institute of Contemporary Art/ MIT Press, Boston/ Cambridge, 1997

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FIRST MIT PRESS EDITIN. Large 8vo, pp. 219, [5] (numbered in reverse), incl. plentiful b/w and colour illustrations. Black cloth, spine lettered in maroon. Maroon endpapers. Edges gently toned. NYT clipping, Miles Unger's 'When Horror Is Healthy' (2001), and academic article, 'Cindy Sherman: Kristeva, Sherman, Butler, and the abject,'* laid in. In the original dust jacket: gentle creasing to spine ends and corners. Price sticker to rear panel. Near fine/ near fine. An excellent copy, from the academic library of Matthew Kieran (1968-), Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at the University of Leeds (2009-2021) and the ASA/BSA's Wollheim Lecturer for 2021. Kieran wrote variously on horror, obscenity and the arts. Comprising essays by John Gianvito, Christoph Grunenberg, James Hannaham, Patrick McGrath, Shawn Rosenheim, Csaba Toth, and Anne Williams. Gothic accompanied the 1997 exhibition of the same name at ICA, Boston, which featured 23 artists, including Julie Becker, Monica Carocci, Dinos and Jake Chapman, Wolfgang Amadeus Hansbauer, Abigail Lane, Alexis Rockman, Cindy Sherman and Gary Simmons. *Published as an online resource hosted by the University of Minnesota, no longer available.

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Title
Gothic: Transmutations of horror in late twentieth century art
Author
GRUNENBERG, Christoph (editor); CAROL OATES, Joyce; COOPER, Denis (short story); and other contributors; [KIERAN, Matthew]
Publisher
The Institute of Contemporary Art/ MIT Press, Boston/ Cambridge
Publication year
1997
Condition
Near Fine
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