Dissolve into Comprehension
Writings and Interviews, 1964-2004
$52.41
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2023
Summary
Influential writings by the legendary art critic and theorist Jack Burnham—a pioneer in new media systems aesthetics and an early advocate of conceptualism.
Jack Burnham is one of the few critics and theorists alive today who can claim to have radically altered the way we think about works of art. Burnham’s use of the term “system” (borrowed from theoretical biology) in his 1968 essay “System Aesthetics” announced the relational character of conceptual art and newer research-based pro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262548809 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262548801 |
| Author: | Jack Burnham, Melissa Ragain, Hans Haacke |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Writing Art |
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About The Author
Jack Burnham
Jack Burnham is an artist, art critic, and theorist known for his application of systems theory to art history and theory. On the faculty of Northwestern University from 1962 to 1982 and later at the University of Maryland and an inaugural fellow at MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies in 1968-1969, Burnham is the author of three books of criticism.
Melissa Ragain is Assistant Professor of Art History at Montana State University.
Hans Haacke is a German-born artist who lives and works in New York. From 1967 to 2002, he taught at The Cooper Union.
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