FourHonestOutlaws
- 作者
- 出版社 YaleUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2011年9月
- ISBN 9780300170535
- 定价 536.70
内容简介
Inthisstronglyarguedandcharacteristicallyoriginalbook,MichaelFriedconsiderstheworkoffourcontemporaryartists--videoartistandphotographerAnriSala,sculptorCharlesRay,painterJosephMarioni,andvideoartistandintervenerinmoviesDouglasGordon.Heshowshowtheirrespectiveprojectsarebestunderstoodasengaginginavarietyofwayswithsomeofthecorethemesandissuesassociatedwithhighmodernism,andindeedwithitsprehistoryinFrenchpaintingandartcriticismfromDideroton.FourHonestOutlawsthuscontinuestheauthor'sexplorationofthecriticalandphilosophicalterritoryopenedupbyhisearlierbook,themagisterialWhyPhotographyMattersasArtasNeverBefore.Itpresentsavisionofthemostimportantcontemporaryartasnotonlynotrepudiatingmodernisminthenameofpostmodernisminanyofthelatter'smanyformsandmanifestations,butalsoactuallyascommittedtodialecticallyrenewingcertaincrucialqualitiesandvaluesthatmodernismandpremodernismbroughttothefore,aboveallthoseofpresentnessandanti-theatricality.FourHonestOutlawstakesitstitlefromalineinaBobDylansong,"Toliveoutsidethelawyoumustbehonest,"meaninginthiscasethateachofthefourartistshasfoundhisownunsanctionedpathtoextraordinaryaccomplishment,inpartbydefyingtheordinarynormsandexpectationsofthecontemporaryartworld.FilledwithstunningimagesthroughoutandaccompaniedbyaDVDillustratingworksbySalaandGordondiscussedinitspages,FourHonestOutlawsissuretoprovokecontroversyevenasitmakesadramaticbidtofurthertransformthetermsinwhichtheartofthepresentshouldbeunderstood.
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