Exhibiting Slavery

Exhibiting Slavery

Author: Vivian Nun Halloran

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2009-09-22

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0813928656

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Exhibiting Slavery examines the ways in which Caribbean postmodern historical novels about slavery written in Spanish, English, and French function as virtual museums, simultaneously showcasing and curating a collection of "primary documents" within their pages. As Vivian Nun Halloran attests, these novels highlight narrative "objects" extraneous to their plot--such as excerpts from the work of earlier writers, allusions to specific works of art, the uniforms of maroon armies assembled in preparation of a military offensive, and accounts of slavery's negative impact on the traditional family unit in Africa or the United States. In doing so, they demand that their readers go beyond the pages of the books to sort out fact from fiction and consider what relationship these featured "objects" have to slavery and to contemporary life. The self-referential function of these texts produces a "museum effect" that simultaneously teaches and entertains their readers, prompting them to continue their own research beyond and outside the text.


Biennials/Triennials

Biennials/Triennials

Author: Lea-Catherine Szacka

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781941332559

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A rapid proliferation of large-scale perennial exhibitions has resulted in the biennial / triennial becoming an integral part of field of architecture. Biennials / Triennials questions a range of curatorial agents and visits sites of recent exhibitions that reveal what is at stake in the newfound ubiquity of the architectural -ennial.


On the Museum's Ruins

On the Museum's Ruins

Author: Douglas Crimp

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780262531269

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"What determines the significance of a work of art? Doe it abide eternally within the work? Or is it continually constructed and reconstructed from the outside, through the work's presentation? The historical shift from autonomous modernist object to postmodernist critique of institutions, from artwork to discursive context, is the subject of Douglas Crimp's essays and Louise Lawler's photographs in On the Museum's Ruins. Taking the museum as paradigmatic institution of artistic modernism, Crimp surveys its historical origins and current transformations. The new paradigm of postmodernism is elaborated through analyses of art practices broadly conceived--not only the practices of artists but also those of critics and curators, of international exhibitions, and of new or refurbished museums."--back cover.


Second World Postmodernisms

Second World Postmodernisms

Author: Vladimir Kulic

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-02-21

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1350014427

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If postmodernism is indeed 'the cultural logic of late capitalism', why did typical postmodernist themes like ornament, colour, history and identity find their application in the architecture of the socialist Second World? How do we explain the retreat into paper architecture and theoretical discussion in societies still nominally devoted to socialist modernization? Exploring the intersection of two areas of growing scholarly interest - postmodernism and the architecture of the former socialist world - this edited collection stakes out new ground in charting architecture's various transformations in the 1970s and 80s. Fourteen essays together explore the question of whether or not architectural postmodernism had a specific Second World variant. The collection demonstrates both the unique nature of Second World architectural phenomena and also assesses connections with western postmodernism. The case studies cover the vast geographical scope from Eastern Europe to China and Cuba. They address a wealth of aesthetic, discursive and practical phenomena, interpreting them in the broader socio-political context of the last decades of the Cold War. The result provides a greatly expanded map of recent architectural history, which redefines postmodernist architecture in a more theoretically comprehensive and global way.


Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Author: Glenn Adamson

Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781851776597

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Presents the movement as not merely an aesthetic vocabulary, but also as a subversive attitude - a new way of looking at the world.


The History of Postmodern Architecture

The History of Postmodern Architecture

Author: Heinrich Klotz

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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provides a fascinating, clear, and provocative definition of the phenomena of postmodernism, particularly in relation to the major ideas of modernism


A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London

A Guide to Postmodern Architecture in London

Author: Pablo Bronstein

Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783865601735

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Line drawings of postmodern buildings built in London 1970s to 1990s. A short descriptive text accompanies each illustration. Includes photographs of postmodern details.


Fashion, Dress and Post-postmodernism

Fashion, Dress and Post-postmodernism

Author: José Blanco F.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-01-28

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1350115185

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Scholars have argued that postmodernism is dead and that we are entering into a new era that some have labelled altermodernism, digimodernism, performatism, and post-postmodernism. This book expands on the nascent scholarship of post-postmodernism to highlight how dress, fashion, and appearance are reflections of this new age. The volume starts with a discussion of fashion, subjectivity, and time and an analysis of temporality, technology, and fashion in post-postmodern times. Later chapters analyse the work of design houses and mass producers such as Vetements, Gucci, and Uniqlo whose products align with post-postmodern aesthetics, hyperconsumption, and hypermodern branding. The book looks at diverse geographic and identity markers by discussing post-postmodernism and the religio-politico-cultural questions in South Asian Muslim fashion, image and identity presentation in queer social networking apps, and by exploring fashion designer Tom Ford's output as a movie director. Two chapters discuss the post-postmodern fashion exhibition with analyses of recent exhibitions and an in-depth look at the work of exhibition maker Judith Clark. The final chapter is written by members of The Rational Dress Society, a counter-fashion collective that makes JUMPSUIT, an experimental garment to replace all clothes. Fashion, Dress, and Post-postmodernism is a companion to research on relationships between post-postmodernism, fashion, and dress, and the go-to resource for researchers and students interested in these areas.