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Mieke Bal - Endless Andness: The Politics of Abstraction According to Ann Veronica Janssens - 9781472521743 - V9781472521743
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Endless Andness: The Politics of Abstraction According to Ann Veronica Janssens

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Description for Endless Andness: The Politics of Abstraction According to Ann Veronica Janssens Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 83. BIC Classification: HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
In Endless Andness, Mieke Bal pioneers a new understanding of the political potential of abstract art which does not passively yield its meaning to the viewer but creates it anew - an art perceived not only through the retina but experienced viscerally. In this book, the third of her companion volumes on art's political agency, Bal explores perception through an intense engagement with the work of Belgian sculptor Ann Veronica Janssens. In a series of vividly-recalled encounters with Janssen's practice over a number of years, Balpresents a new conception of embodied perception - art experienced in a body conjured into ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472521743
SKU
V9781472521743
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About Mieke Bal
Mieke Bal is the author of Reading Rembrandt: Beyond the Word-Image Opposition, Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative, and many other books. She is Professor of the Theory of Literature at the University of Amsterdam, and has also been affiliated with Columbia University, the University of Rochester, and Cornell University, USA.

Reviews for Endless Andness: The Politics of Abstraction According to Ann Veronica Janssens
Both a profound reflection on the categories for thinking about art, and a study of a remarkable series of art installations. Endless Andness is a powerful and eloquent evocation of the experience of art that otherwise would envelop the viewer in its singular spaces. In exploring such concepts as performativity, deixis, and participatory observation, concepts that enable reflection on Janssens' ... Read more

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