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OverviewCriticism of contemporary art is split by an opposition between activism and the critical function of form. Yet the deeper, more subterranean terms of art-judgment are largely neglected on both sides. These essays combine a re-examination of the terms of judgement of contemporary art with critical interpretations of individual works and exhibitions by Luis Camnitzer, Marcel Duchamp, Matias Faldbakken, Anne Imhof and Cady Noland. The book moves from philosophical issues, via the lingering shadows of medium-specificity (in photography and art music), and the changing states of museums, to analyses of the peculiar ways that works of art relate to time.To give artistic form to crisis, it is suggested, one needs to understand contemporary art’s own constitutive crisis of form. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter OsbornePublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.253kg ISBN: 9781839763625ISBN 10: 1839763620 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 27 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Anywhere or Not At All: An important achievement. This is the first book known to me that brings contemporary art as a whole to philosophical consideration. One of the orienting points for future work. -- John Rapko * Notre Dame, Philosophical Reviews * Praise for Anywhere or Not At All: A brilliant book -- Blake Stimson * Philosophy of Photography * Praise for Anywhere or Not At All: Osborne's capacity to synthesise the impact of new geopolitical realities on art practices make this book an important one not just for philosophers, art historians and critics, but new media theorists as well. -- Lisa Trhair * Critical Enquiry * Praise for Anywhere or Not At All: An inestimably significant intervention into a range of debates in the history, theory, criticism, and philosophy of contemporary art and its various genealogies and lineages. For the range of thought-provoking and suggestive insights offered, it has few competitors in the field. -- James Lavender * Goodreads * Praise for The Postconceptual Condition: Compelling -- Max L. Feldman * Afterimage * Praise for The Postconceptual Condition: Peter Osborne offers a fundamental reflection on the critical potential of art today, but also on its lacunas, an element that gives more value to the work. * Critique d'art * Praise for The Postconceptual Condition: Very little philosophical writing is inspiring enough to catalyse art and bring it into being. Peter Osborne's writing is consistently in this category. -- Hito Steyerl Praise for Anywhere or Not At All: It is essential reading for anyone serious about contemporary art - or its philosophy. -- Ruth Noack, Curator of documeta 12 Author InformationPeter Osborne is Professor of Modern European Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London. His books include The Politics of Time, Anywhere or Not At All: Philosophy of Contemporary Art and The Postconceptual Condition. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |