Pop art and vernacular cultures
By: Kobena Mercer, editor.
Contributors: Mercer, Kobena, 1960-
Series: Annotating art's histories--cross-cultural perspectives in the visual arts -- v. 3
Publisher: MIT Press; The MIT Press; Iniva, Institute of International Visual Arts
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780262633505
Subjects: Pop art.; Arts, Modern -- 20th century.
Description: How does pop art translate across cultures? What does pop art look like through a postcolonial lens? This volume casts light on the aesthetics and politics of pop by taking a cross-cultural perspective on what happens when everyday objects are taken out of one context and repositioned in the language of art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Kobena Mercer; title: Stop that acting: performance and authenticity in Shirley Clarke's portrait of Jason / Gavin Butt; title: On Bob Thompson and 1950s New York Bowery / Judith Wilson; title: Proposed reprint of Tomas Ybarra Fausto, on rasquachismo (1980s) / introduced by Holly Barnet-Sanchez; title: On pop and culture in 1960s Brazilian art / Sonia Salzstein; title: The uncommon universe of Bhuphen Khakhar /  Geeta Kapur; title: Tropes of the grotesque in the black avant-garde / Kobena Mercer; title: Off the wall: Mr Peanut and other mod cons / Colin Richards; title: 70% red, 25% white, 5% black, or even before Mao went pop / Martina Koppel-Yang.