Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

by Jonathan Vickery (Editor), Diarmuid Costello (Editor)

Overview

The last few decades have witnessed an explosion in ideas and theories on art. Art itself has never been so topical, but much recent thinking remains inaccessible and difficult to use. This book assesses the work of those thinkers (including artists) who have had a major impact on making, criticizing and interpreting art since the 1960s. With entries by leading international experts, this book presents a concise, critical appraisal of thinkers and their ideas about art and its place in the wider cultural context. A guide to the key thinkers who shape today's world of art, this book is a vital reference for anyone interested in modern and contemporary art, its history, philosophy and practice.Theodor ADORNO * Roland BARTHES * Georges BATAILLE * Jean BAUDRILLARD * Walter BENJAMIN * JM BERNSTEIN * Pierre BOURDIEU * Nicolas BOURRIAUD * Benjamin BUCHLOH * Daniel BUREN * Judith BUTLER * NoÁl CARROLL * Stanley CAVELL * TJ CLARK * Arthur C. DANTO * Gilles DELEUZE * Jacques DERRIDA * George DICKIE * Thierry DE DUVE * James ELKINS * Hal FOSTER * Michel FOUCAULT * Michael FRIED * Dan GRAHAM * Clement GREENBERG * Fredric JAMESON * Mike KELLEY * Mary KELLY * Melanie KLEIN * Joseph KOSUTH * Rosalind KRAUSS * Julia KRISTEVA * Barbara KRUGER * Niklas LUHMANN * Jean-FranÁ§ois LYOTARD * Maurice MERLEAU-PONTY * WJT MITCHELL * Robert MORRIS * Linda NOCHLIN * Adrian PIPER * Griselda POLLOCK * Robert SMITHSON * Jeff WALL * Albrecht WELLMER * Richard WOLLHEIM

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845203207
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Diarmuid Costello lectures in the Department of Philosophy, and Jonathan Vickery in the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, both at the University of Warwick. They have published broadly on aesthetics and contemporary art theory.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: ART THEORY AND PRACTICE * Editors Introduction * Daniel Buren: Dr. Melanie Marino, Art History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee * Dan Graham: Dr. Eric de Bruyn, Art History, University of Groningen, NL * Mike Kelley: Prof. John Welchman, Art History, UC San Diego * Mary Kelly: Prof Margaret Iversen, Art History, University of Essex * Joseph Kosuth: Prof. Michael Corris, Art & Photography, University of Wales Newport * Barbara Kruger: Dr. Esther Leslie, English and Humanities, London Birkbeck * Robert Morris: Dr. Jonathan Vickery (editor), Cultural Policy, University of Warwick * Adrian Piper: Robert del Principe, ex-Director Adrian Piper Research Archive, NYC * Robert Smithson: Dr Dominic Rahtz, Fine Art, Oxford Brookes University * Jeff Wall: Dr Stewart Martin, Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex University * ART THEORY AND HISTORY * Editors Introduction * Nicholas Bourriaud: Dr. Claire Bishop, Curating, Royal College of Art * Benjamin Buchloh: Dr. Christine Mehring, Art History, Yale * TJ Clark: Dr. Dominic Willsdon, Curator of Education/Public Programmes, San Francisco MOMA * Thierry De Duve: Prof. Gregg Horowitz, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University * James Elkins: Dr. Robert Williams, Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara * Hal Foster: Dr Gordon Hughes, History of Art, University of Maine, Bangor * Michael Fried: Prof. Stephen Melville, History of Art, Ohio State University * Clement Greenberg: Dr. Diarmuid Costello (editor) Arts & Humanities, Oxford Brookes University * Rosalind Krauss: Dr. Martha Buskirk, Art History, Monserrat College of Art * WTJ Mitchell: Dr. Riccardo Marchi, Art and Art History, University of South Florida * Linda Nochlin: Dr. Francesca Berry, Art History, University of Birmingham * Griselda Pollock: Dr. Kirstie Skinner Visual/Cultural Theory, Edinburgh College of Art
* PHILOSOPHY OF ART AND AESTHETICS * Editors Introduction * Theodor Adorno: Dr. Michael Kelly, Philosophy, University of N. Carolina, Charlotte * Jay Bernstein: Dr. Espen Hammer, Philosophy, University of Essex * Stanley Cavell: Dr. Stephen Mulhall, Philosophy, New College Oxford * Noël Carroll: Dr Katerina Reed-Tsocha, Art History, Trinity College Oxford * Arthur C. Danto: Prof. David Carrier, Art History, Case Western Reserve University * Gilles Deleuze: Dr. Darren Ambrose, Philosophy, University of Warwick * Jacques Derrida: Dr Jonathan Dronsfield, Fine Art, University of Reading * George Dickie: Dr. Cain Todd, Philosophy, University of Lancaster * Jean-François Lyotard: Dr. James Williams, Philosophy, University of Dundee * Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Prof. Alex Potts, Art History, University of Michigan * Albrecht Wellmer: Dr. Ruth Sonderegger , Philosophy, University of Amsterdam * Richard Wollheim: Dr. Derek Matravers, Philosophy, Open University
* THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE * Editors Introduction * Roland Barthes: Dr. Nancy Shawcross, English, University of Pennsylvania * Georges Bataille: Professor Michael Richardson, Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Waeda University, Tokyo * Jean Baudrillard: Prof. Mike Gane, Sociology, Loughborough University * Walter Benjamin: Dr. Helmut Schmitz, German, University of Warwick * Pierre Bourdieu: Dr. Gordon Fyfe, Sociology, University of Keele * Judith Butler: Dr. Rebecca Zorack, Art History, University of Chicago * Michel Foucault: Dr. Scott Durham, French & Italian, Northwestern University * Fredric Jameson: Dr. David Ayers, English, University of Kent * Melanie Klein: Dr. Mignon Nixon, Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, London * Julia Kristeva: Dr. Sara Beardsworth, Philosophy, Southern Illinois, Carbondale * Niklaus Luhmann: Dr. Francis Halsall, Art History, University College, Cork * Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts