The book draws parallels between the animal's place in postmodern art and in poststructuralist theory, and explores Jacques Derrida's recent analysis of the role of animals in philosophical thought. Baker offers a lucid account of Deleuze and Guattari's concept of 'becoming-animal', arguing for its relevance both to contemporary art practice and to our understanding of creativity, and he.
The title of this book, Terminal Architecture, is a play on the meaning of 'terminal', a word that is applicable to the state of architecture both now and in the future. At present it relates to the way in which the cultural role of architecture - nurtured by the art-historical shibboleths of individual genius, permanent value and appropriateness of style - is utterly divorced from the.
A famous art collector, dealer, and indomitable champion of modern art, Emmy (Galka) Scheyer (1889-1945) is best known as the founder of the Blue Four artists' group, whose members were Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, Alexei Jawlensky and Vasily Kandinsky. This volume presents almost 500 items from the collection, reproducing most in full colour.