
The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art
Claudette Lauzon(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 4. May 2017
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-4426-4982-8 (ISBN)
Description
In a world where the notion of home is more traumatizing than it is comforting, artists are using this literal and figurative space to reframe human responses to trauma.
Building on the scholarship of key art historians and theorists such as Judith Butler and Mieke Bal, Claudette Lauzon embarks upon a transnational analysis of contemporary artists who challenge the assumption that 'home' is a stable site of belonging. Lauzon's boundary-breaking discussion of artists including Krzysztof Wodiczko, Sanitago Sierra, Doris Salcedo, and Yto Barrada posits that contemporary art offers a unique set of responses to questions of home and belonging in an increasingly unwelcoming world. From the legacies of Colombia's 'dirty war' to migrant North African workers crossing the Mediterranean, The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art bears witness to the suffering of others whose overriding notion of home reveals the universality of human vulnerability and the limits of empathy.
Building on the scholarship of key art historians and theorists such as Judith Butler and Mieke Bal, Claudette Lauzon embarks upon a transnational analysis of contemporary artists who challenge the assumption that 'home' is a stable site of belonging. Lauzon's boundary-breaking discussion of artists including Krzysztof Wodiczko, Sanitago Sierra, Doris Salcedo, and Yto Barrada posits that contemporary art offers a unique set of responses to questions of home and belonging in an increasingly unwelcoming world. From the legacies of Colombia's 'dirty war' to migrant North African workers crossing the Mediterranean, The Unmaking of Home in Contemporary Art bears witness to the suffering of others whose overriding notion of home reveals the universality of human vulnerability and the limits of empathy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
50 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-4982-8 (9781442649828)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Claudette Lauzon is an assistant professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1. An Unhomely Genealogy of Contemporary Art
Chapter 2. The Art of Longing and Belonging
Chapter 3. Unhomely Archives
Chapter 4. Biennial Culture's Reluctant Nomads
Chapter 1. An Unhomely Genealogy of Contemporary Art
Chapter 2. The Art of Longing and Belonging
Chapter 3. Unhomely Archives
Chapter 4. Biennial Culture's Reluctant Nomads