Junk
Art and the Politics of Trash
Edición de la obra Junk
| Autor | Gillian Whiteley |
|---|---|
| Editorial | I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 192 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780857731401 |
| Número de Cutter | W594j |
Trash, garbage, rubbish, dross, and detritus - in this enjoyably radical exploration of 'Junk', Gillian Whiteley rethinks art's historical and present appropriation of junk within our eco-conscious and globalised culture. She does this through an illustrated exploration of particular materials, key moments and locations and the telling of a panoply of trash narratives. Found and ephemeral materials are primarily associated with assemblage - object-based practices which emerged in the mid-1950s and culminated in the seminal exhibition 'The Art of Assemblage' in New York in 1961. With its deploy.