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Artist Animal

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Description for Artist Animal Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 304 pages, 64 colour plates. BIC Classification: AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 598.

Animals have always been compelling subjects for artists, but the rise of animal advocacy and posthumanist thought has prompted a reconsideration of the relationship between artist and animal. In this book, Steve Baker examines the work of contemporary artists who directly confront questions of animal life, treating animals not for their aesthetic qualities or as symbols of the human condition but rather as beings who actively share the world with humanity.

The concerns of the artists presented in this book—Sue Coe, Eduardo Kac, Lucy Kimbell, Catherine Chalmers, Olly and Suzi, Angela Singer, Catherine Bell, and others—range widely, from the ecological to ... Read more

Throughout, Baker is attentive to issues of practice, form, and medium. He asks, for example, whether the animal itself could be said to be the medium in which these artists are working, and he highlights the tensions between creative practice and certain kinds of ethical demands or expectations. Featuring full-color, vivid examples of their work, Artist Animal situates contemporary artists within the wider project of thinking beyond the human, asserting art’s power to open up new ways of thinking about animals.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Posthumanities
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816680672
SKU
V9780816680672
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Steve Baker
Steve Baker is emeritus professor of art history at the University of Central Lancashire. He is the author of The Postmodern Animal; Picturing the Beast: Animals, Identity, and Representation, and, with the Animal Studies Group, Killing Animals.

Reviews for Artist Animal
"This book is a tremendous contribution to both contemporary art criticism and the emerging field of animal studies. I can think of no scholar better poised to offer innovative insight into how artists think about and work with animals than Steve Baker. With sensitivity and a rigorous ethnographer’s eye, Baker investigates the complex attitudes and approaches artists employ when engaging ... Read more

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