Postsensual Aesthetics
On the Logic of the Curatorial
$46.79
- Hardcover
152 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2023
Summary
Contemporary art exhibitions appeal to cognition as well as the senses, modeling a new and expansive understanding of global aesthetics. In this original work of aesthetic theory, James Voorhies argues that we live in the shadow of old ways of thinking about art that emphasize the immediate visual experience of an autonomous art object. But theory must change as artistic and curatorial production has changed. It should encompass the full range of activities through which we encounter art and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262047609 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262047608 |
| Author: | James Voorhies |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
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About The Author
James Voorhies
James Voorhies is an American curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. He has authored several books including Postsensual Aesthetics- On the Logic of the Curatorial (MIT Press, 2023) and Beyond Objecthood- The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press, 2017); he is coeditor of a two-volume catalogue raisonne of the work of American artist Tony Smith, and editor of two companion volumes of essays and projects related to Smith (all MIT Press, 2024-2025).
Voorhies is based New York, has taught at Bennington College and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from the Ohio State University, USA.
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