Lee, Pamela M.,

Chronophobia : on time in the art of the 1960s / Pamela M. Lee. - xxv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Presentness Is Grace -- Introduction: Eros and Technics and Civilization -- Presentness Is Grace -- Allegories of Kinesis -- Study for an End of the World -- Bridget Riley's Eye/Body Problem -- Endless Sixties -- Ultramoderne: Or, How George Kubler Stole the Time in Sixties Art -- Conclusion: The Bad Infinity/The Longue Duree. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Pt. II. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Pt. III. Ch. 4. Ch. 5.

"In the 1960s art fell out of time; both artists and critics lost their temporal bearings in response to what E. M. Cioran called "not being entitled to time." This anxiety and uneasiness about time, which Pamela Lee calls "chronophobia," cut across movements, media, and genres, and was figured in works ranging from kinetic sculptures to Andy Warhol films. Despite its pervasiveness, the subject of time and 1960s art has gone largely unexamined in historical accounts of the period. Chronophobia is the first critical attempt to define this obsession and analyze it in relation to art and technology."--BOOK JACKET.

026212260X 9780262122603

2003061092


Art and technology--History--20th century.
Time in art
Nineteen sixties

N72.T4 / L43 2004

700.9046