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Author: Gillian Whiteley (Loughborough University, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.399kg
ISBN: 9781848854130
ISBN 10: 1848854137
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 30 November 2010
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'A finite stockpile of Earth resources comprises humanity's shared inheritance with all other forms of life. What we are and all we own are fabricated out of this common pool. Even the molecules that comprise our bodies are merely on loan from the ecosystem. These molecules endure, but increasingly they endure stripped of their utility for humans and for the planet. Unwanted stuff is proliferating along with the nouns that describe them: discard, scrap, debris, rubbish, garbage, scrap, junk, litter, refuse, cast-off. Gillian Whiteley has written a thorough and compelling narrative of the role of trash as a source of artistic inspiration. Her discerning commentary has the power to transform readers into connoisseurs of waste.' - Linda Weintraub, author and publisher of Avant-Guardians: Textlets in Art and Ecology, published by Artnow Publications; 'Gillian Whiteley's well-researched contemporary art history is an important and scholarly book on the new aesthetics of eco-art. Trash, junk and what we discard are the real markers of our civilization. Whiteley sheds light on the artists who are tackling the growing landscape - the mountains and monuments of trash - of our temporary culture.' - Holly Crawford, Ph.D., Director AC Institute, NYC; 'In Junk Art: The Politics of Trash Gillian Whiteley offers a striking and timely assessment of the ways in which 'junk' has been appropriated, celebrated, recycled and claimed. More than a history of the uses of trash in modern art, Whiteley presents a powerful and necessary argument for the political and ecological implications of 'junk art' that, far from belonging to a historical past, continue to resonate today. This compelling book is required reading for anyone concerned with the role of art in society, and the critical and aesthetic status of objects which have been rejected, discarded and thrown away.' - Dr. Jo Applin, Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art, Department of History of Art, University of York
'A finite stockpile of Earth resources comprises humanity's shared inheritance with all other forms of life. What we are and all we own are fabricated out of this common pool. Even the molecules that comprise our bodies are merely on loan from the ecosystem. These molecules endure, but increasingly they endure stripped of their utility for humans and for the planet. Unwanted stuff is proliferating along with the nouns that describe them: discard, scrap, debris, rubbish, garbage, scrap, junk, litter, refuse, cast-off. Gillian Whiteley has written a thorough and compelling narrative of the role of trash as a source of artistic inspiration. Her discerning commentary has the power to transform readers into connoisseurs of waste.' - Linda Weintraub, author and publisher of Avant-Guardians: Textlets in Art and Ecology, published by Artnow Publications; 'Gillian Whiteley's well-researched contemporary art history is an important and scholarly book on the new aesthetics of eco-art. Trash, junk and what we discard are the real markers of our civilization. Whiteley sheds light on the artists who are tackling the growing landscape - the mountains and monuments of trash - of our temporary culture.' - Holly Crawford, Ph.D., Director AC Institute, NYC
Author Information
Gillian Whiteley is a curator and is lecturer in visual and material culture at Loughborough University. Her publications include 'Telling Stories: Theories & Criticism, Cinematic Essay, Objects & Narrative' (2009). She is a regular contributor to 'The Art Book', for which during 2009 she has been Honorary Editor.
