This study provides a new interpretation of art after modernism by foregrounding the importance of conceptual thinking as a pervasive force for change in art and art history since 1950.
Robert Bailey shows how distinctions between art and art history gave way as conceptual thinking provided artists and art historians with a common means to reassess what art could be and do in the world. Bailey assesses the results of artful and scholarly inquiries combining creative activity with intellectual rigor to proffer new approaches to a variety of social and environmental concerns, ranging from questions about human identity-including race, class, gender, and sexuality-to activist efforts to redress everything from abortion access to migrants' rights, to climate change. This book provides both a historical overview of these developments and close analyses of key works and texts, spanning 1950 to the present and encompassing broad geographic scope with special attention paid to Indigenous art.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history and contemporary art.
| ISBN: | 9781032882543 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2025 |
| Author: | Robert Bailey |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 175 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
History of art Historiography Theory of art Regional / International studies |
This study provides a new interpretation of art after modernism by foregrounding the importance of conceptual thinking as a pervasive force for change in art and art history since 1950.
Robert Bailey shows how distinctions between art and art history gave way as conceptual thinking provided artists and art historians with a common means to reassess what art could be and do in the world. Bailey assesses the results of artful and scholarly inquiries combining creative activity with intellectual rigor to proffer new approaches to a variety of social and environmental concerns, ranging from questions about human identity-including race, class, gender, and sexuality-to activist efforts to redress everything from abortion access to migrants' rights, to climate change. This book provides both a historical overview of these developments and close analyses of key works and texts, spanning 1950 to the present and encompassing broad geographic scope with special attention paid to Indigenous art.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history and contemporary art.
Conceptual Art After Modernism features in the following genres: History of art, Historiography, Theory of art, Regional / International studies
Conceptual Art After Modernism is available in Hardback
Conceptual Art After Modernism was written by Robert Bailey and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Conceptual Art After Modernism has 175 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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