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Hiroshima After Iraq: Three Studies in Art and War
Rosalyn Deutsche
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Description for Hiroshima After Iraq: Three Studies in Art and War
Paperback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Many on the left lament an apathy or amnesia toward recent acts of war. Particularly during the George W. Bush administration's invasion of Iraq, opposition to war seemed to lack the heat and potency of the 1960s and 1970s, giving the impression that passionate dissent was all but dead. Through an analysis of three politically engaged works of art, Rosalyn Deutsche argues against this melancholic attitude, confirming the power of contemporary art to criticize subjectivity as well as war. Deutsche selects three videos centered on the deployment of the atomic bomb: Krzysztof Wodiczko's Hiroshima Projection (1999), made after the first ... Read more
Many on the left lament an apathy or amnesia toward recent acts of war. Particularly during the George W. Bush administration's invasion of Iraq, opposition to war seemed to lack the heat and potency of the 1960s and 1970s, giving the impression that passionate dissent was all but dead. Through an analysis of three politically engaged works of art, Rosalyn Deutsche argues against this melancholic attitude, confirming the power of contemporary art to criticize subjectivity as well as war. Deutsche selects three videos centered on the deployment of the atomic bomb: Krzysztof Wodiczko's Hiroshima Projection (1999), made after the first ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Series
The Wellek Library Lectures
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231152792
SKU
V9780231152792
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About Rosalyn Deutsche
Rosalyn Deutsche is an art historian and critic who teaches modern and contemporary art at Barnard College. She is the author of Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics, which investigates the politics of space in art, architecture, and urban planning and design.
Reviews for Hiroshima After Iraq: Three Studies in Art and War
Rosalyn Deutsche argues for a certain modesty-or perhaps, I should say, a modest uncertainty-with regard to the demands placed upon art in response to war. She brings a deep knowledge of both contemporary art and the psychoanalytic literature on war to her study, as well as the careful exposition and lucid prose we've come to expect from her work.
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