Chronophobia
On Time in the Art of the 1960s
$84.86
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2006
Summary
An examination of the pervasive anxiety about and fixation with time seen in 1960s art.In the 1960s art fell out of time; both artists and critics lost their temporal bearings in response to what E. M. Cioran called “not being entitled to time.” This anxiety and uneasiness about time, which Pamela Lee calls “chronophobia,” cut across movements, media, and genres, and was figured in works ranging from kinetic sculptures to Andy Warhol films. Despite its pervasiveness, the subject of time and 1…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262622035 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262622033 |
| Author: | Pamela M. Lee |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2006 |
| Weight: | 816g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 203mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Chronophobia |
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Critics Review
“In whose time do you and the work of art exist? Pamela Lee has written the founding question for a new criticism.” Molly Nesbit, Department of Art, Vassar College
About The Author
Pamela M. Lee
Pamela M. Lee is Carnegie Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Yale University and the author of Object to Be Destroyed- The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark, Chronophobia- On Time in the Art of the 1960s, Forgetting the Art World (all published by the MIT Press) and The Glen Park Library- A Fairy Tale (no place press).
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