Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)
Published on 27. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-85984-453-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the first half of this book, Hal Foster surveys our new 'political economy of design,' exploring the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities. In the second half, he examines the historical relations of modern art and the modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime offers historical sketches and contemporary test-cases in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.
Reviews / Votes
"Foster is spot-on ... His 'radical anamnesis' is a notably stirring performance ... exactly the kind of book the design world should want." -- Bookforum "Design and Crime is cool, measured, and steady, like a Gunsmoke shootout, which is all to the good. What bothers me about it is that all through Hal Foster's book I find him changing my mind." -- Greil Marcus "In these elegant and incisive essays, Foster argues that in recent years art culture has lost ground to business culture, and become a franchise of the pervasive global market place." -- Boston Review "Design and Crime is demanding, angry and gentle - a powerful antidote to cultural ennui." -- Modern PaintersMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-453-3 (9781859844533)
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Person
Hal Foster is Townsend Martin Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. A co-editor of October magazine and books, he is the editor of The Anti-Aesthetic, and the author of Design and Crime, Recording, The Return of the Real, Compulsive Beauty and The Art-Architecture Complex.