Endgames
Published on 20. May 1997
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-7453-1236-1 (ISBN)
Description
Taking Karl Kraus's words, "origin is the goal" as a starting point, the third volume in this art criticism series examines the themes engaging art at the end of the century and addresses the question of limits. Through a synthesis of text and images, writers, artists and film-makers explore various interpretations of "ends" - of the 20th century, of art, of criticism - refuting the finitude of either time or culture, and presenting the "game" as elliptical. The book includes pieces on Samuel Beckett, Gerhart Richter and Andy Warhol, and a contribution by novelist Ian Sinclair.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
photographs, 20 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-1236-1 (9780745312361)
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Content
"Yeled Katan" is not a "little boy", Moshe Gershoni; the turning - 2000 AD, Christopher Want; different and the same, Peter Gidal; impossible redemption, Simon Critchley; the poverty of late transatlantic capitalism - is there a tradition of British sculpture?, Stella Santacatterina, et al; coda, Jayne Parker; the performance of scepticism, Drew Milne; cycling to louse point, Ian Sinclair; axis enigma, Richard Appignanesi; the alchemist's workshop - materiality, process and transformation in the product of Chohreh Feyzdjou, Pennina Barnett; Lukasz Skapski - 16:00 (The Bow), Rebecca Drew; a corpse, literally - some thoughts on death, laughter and dogs, Marq Smith; future passability - rites of passage, John Gange; joke, Catherine Yass; end of games, Linda Karshan.