Becker, Carol,

Surpassing the spectacle : global transformations and the changing politics of art / Carol Becker. - xii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Culture and politics series . - Culture and politics series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Artist as Public Intellectual -- The Nature of the Investigation: Art-Making in a Post-Postmodern Era -- The Art of Testimony -- Brooklyn Museum: Messing with the Sacred -- Betrayal -- Trial by Fire: A Saga of Gender and Leadership -- Reconciling Truth in South Africa -- Memory and Monstrosity -- The Second Johannesburg Biennale -- The Romance of Nomadism -- Art and Ecology -- GFP Bunny and the Plight of the Posthuman -- Surpassing the Spectacle. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

0742509206 9780742509207 0742509192 9780742509191

2001044382


Art and society--History--United States--20th century


United States--Social life and customs--20th century

N72.S6 / B3827 2002

700.103