Focusing on the 'postinternet' art of the 2010s, this volume explores the widespread impact of recent internet culture on the formal and conceptual concerns of contemporary art.
The 'postinternet' art movement is splintered and loosely defined, both in terms of its form and its politics, and has come under significant critique for this reason. This study will provide this definition, offering a much-needed critical context for this period of artistic activity that has had and is still having a major impact on contemporary culture. The book presents a picture of what the art and culture made within and against the constraints of the online experience look, sound, and feel like. It includes works by Petra Cortright, Jon Rafman, Jordan Wolfson, DIS, Amalia Ulman, and Thomas Ruff, and presents new analyses of case studies drawn from the online worlds of the 2010s, including vaporwave, anonymous image board culture, 'irony bros' and 'edgelords', viral extreme sports stunts, and GIFs.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, contemporary art, and digital culture.
| ISBN: | 9781032187730 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2025 |
| Author: | Ian Rothwell |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 181 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Cultural studies Sociology History of art Internet: general works Computer science History |
Focusing on the 'postinternet' art of the 2010s, this volume explores the widespread impact of recent internet culture on the formal and conceptual concerns of contemporary art.
The 'postinternet' art movement is splintered and loosely defined, both in terms of its form and its politics, and has come under significant critique for this reason. This study will provide this definition, offering a much-needed critical context for this period of artistic activity that has had and is still having a major impact on contemporary culture. The book presents a picture of what the art and culture made within and against the constraints of the online experience look, sound, and feel like. It includes works by Petra Cortright, Jon Rafman, Jordan Wolfson, DIS, Amalia Ulman, and Thomas Ruff, and presents new analyses of case studies drawn from the online worlds of the 2010s, including vaporwave, anonymous image board culture, 'irony bros' and 'edgelords', viral extreme sports stunts, and GIFs.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, contemporary art, and digital culture.
Postinternet Art and Its Afterlives features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Cultural studies, Sociology, History of art, Internet: general works, Computer science, History
Postinternet Art and Its Afterlives is available in Paperback, Hardback
Postinternet Art and Its Afterlives was written by Ian Rothwell and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Postinternet Art and Its Afterlives has 181 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies series
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