The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century
Hal Foster
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""The Return of the Real" is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen."-- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia In "The Return of the Real" Hal Foster discusses the development of art and theory since 1960, and reorders the relation between prewar and postwar avant-gardes. Opposed to the assumption that contemporary art is somehow belated, he argues that the avant-garde returns to us from the future, repositioned by innovative practice in the present. And he poses this retroactive model of art and theory against the reactionary undoing of progressive culture that is pervasive today.
Product Details
Price
$48.00
Publisher
MIT Press
Publish Date
September 25, 1996
Pages
328
Dimensions
6.94 X 0.62 X 9.02 inches | 1.36 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780262561075
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Reviews
-- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
" "The Return of the Real" is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen." -- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
& quot; The Return of the Real is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen.& quot; -- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
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""The Return of the Real" is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen."--Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
" "The Return of the Real" is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen." -- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
& quot; The Return of the Real is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen.& quot; -- Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia
"
""The Return of the Real" is one of the most cogent and theoretically self-aware readings of contemprary art I have seen."--Howard Singerman, Department of Art History, University of Virginia