Discussions in Contemporary Culture: No. 1

Hal Foster, Editor / Contributors: Thomas Crow, Martha Rosler, Craig Owens, Douglas Crimp, Barbara Kruger, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Michael Fried, Rosalind Krauss, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Dan Graham, Aimee Rankin, Silvia Kolbowski, James Clifford, Virginia Dominguez, Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Alice Jardine, Michel Feher

ISBN 10: 0941920070 / ISBN 13: 9780941920070

Published by Dia Art Foundation / Bay Press, Seattle, WA, 1987

About this Item

172 pp. First published in 1987; this copy, Stated: "Second printing 1990". Following Preface by Series Editor, Charles Wright, and a Preface by the Editor, Contents divided into three Parts, each with 2 sections of authors and Discussions afterward: THE CULTURAL PUBLIC SPHERE [1] "The Birth and Death of the Viewer": Thomas Crow, Martha Rosler, Craig Owens; "Discussion"; [2] "Strategies of Public Address: Which Media? Which Publics?": Douglas Crimp, Barbara Kruger, Krzysztof Wodiczko; "Discussion"; 1967/1987 : GENEALOGIES OF ART AND THEORY [1} "Theories of Art after Minimalism and Pop": Michael Fried, Rosalind Krauss, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; "Discussion"; [2] "Legacies of Critical Practice in the 1980s": Dan Graham, Aimee Rankin, Silvia Kolbowski; "Discussion"; THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATIONS [1] "Of Other Peoples: Beyond the ' Salvage ' Paradigm": James Clifford, Virginia Dominguez, Silvia Kolbowski; "Discussion"; [2] "Of Bodies and Technologies": Alice Jardine Michel Feher; "Discussion". Teal wrappers with 1 1/8" vertical medium gray strip down right side of front cover; Title lettering in small white letters across upper middle front cover; Editor name lettering in small black letters over teal at lower right front cover; yellow bar at top right front cover with Foundation name letters in black superimposed. While the book itself is solid, previous owner marked up 12 pages with small amount of yellow marker and 17 pp. with orange marker (that is, 29 pp. of 172 pp); previous owner name printed at top right ffep; small foxing speckles on edges; corners essentially square (NO bumps or curls); small scrape to bottom right spine corner paper (spine not impacted): describes much worse than it is, but there you have it. Still a solid artifact for one more than 35 years-old: the way to read a Classic in Art Criticism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discussions in Contemporary Culture: No. 1
• Publisher: Dia Art Foundation / Bay Press, Seattle, WA
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941920070
• ISBN 13: 9780941920070
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This influential collection of texts & discussions cuts into & across a broad range of specific practices: artistic, critical, theoretical, philosophical, historical, political & anthropologicals.[political][culture][critical theory][postmodernism]

About the Author

Hal Foster is Townsend Martin Class of 1917 Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, where he teaches courses in modernist and contemporary art and theory and directs the graduate proseminar in methodology. He is a faculty member of the School of Architecture and an associate faculty member of the Department of German; he also works with Media and Modernity and European Cultural Studies programs. He is the author of numerous books, including "The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture" and "Recodings: Art, Spectacle, Cultural Politics," both published by The New Press. He is also the editor of two New Press books, "Discussions in Contemporary Culture #1" and "Vision and Visuality: Discussions in Contemporary Culture #2." A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foster writes regularly for "October," which he co-edits; "Artforum"; the "London Review of Books"; and "New Left Review."