Modern art and the grotesque
By: edited by Frances S. Connelly.
Contributors: Connelly, Frances S., 1953-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Grotesque in art; Arts, Modern -- 19th century; Arts, Modern -- 20th century
Description: "This volume examines how the grotesque has shaped the history, practice, and theory of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Examining specific images by a range of artists, such as Ingres, Gauguin, Hoch, de Kooning, Polke, and Mona Hatoum, the essays also encompass a variety of media, including medical illustration, paintings, prints, photography, multimedia installations, and film. This study brings into focus a range of subjects, styles and theoretical viewpoints that have traditionally been marginalized in the standard narratives on modernism. It demonstrates how the grotesque in modern art directly ties into current debates regarding the representation of race and gender, abjection and the Other, globalization, and appropriation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.