Theory of art books

In A Philosophy of Computer Art Dominic Lopes argues that computer art challenges some of the basic tenets of traditional...  Read More >>

Offers an analysis of the seismic shift that took place when the modernist formalism which had underpinned thinking...  Read More >>

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Accused by the tabloid press of setting out to 'shock', controversial artworks are vigorously defended by art critics,...  Read More >>

Examines the presence of the grotesque in fiction, plastic arts, and films, to interpret the postmodern artistic...  Read More >>

The first volume in the new series Jean-Francois Lyotard: Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists is dedicated...  Read More >>

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Parallel to Kemp's interest in contemporary science, one of his most consistent themes is the historical exploration...  Read More >>

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Bob Craig is a Western Canadian artist whose path in the fine arts has led him to a unique expression of mood and...  Read More >>

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Here, art sociologist Pascal Gielen examines the notion that the global art economy-with its ever-renewable youth...  Read More >>

With great timeliness, Rethinking the Contemporary Art School examines the very basis of the art school and its...  Read More >>

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In Victorian Britain, authors produced a luminous and influential body of writings about the visual arts. From John...  Read More >>

Edited by Suzanne Anker, JD Talasek. Preface by David Yager. Foreword by JD Talasek. Introduction by Suzanne Anker....  Read More >>

How has political revolution figured into the development of avant-garde cultural production? Is the vanguard an...  Read More >>

The first critical reader on one of today's most pivotal (and perplexing) contemporary artists.  Read More >>

A collection of observation and personal reminiscence on the precarious subject of death, written in language that...  Read More >>

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