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High Art Lite Julian Stallabrass

High Art Lite By Julian Stallabrass

High Art Lite by Julian Stallabrass


€6.69
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Summary

High Art Lite takes a critical look at British art in the 1990s. British art has reinvented itself and courted a wider popularity than ever before, but at the price of dumbing down. In this book, the author provides an analysis of the British art scene, exploring the reasons for its popularity.

High Art Lite Summary

High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s by Julian Stallabrass

High Art Lite takes a cool and critical look at the way in which British art in the 1990s has reinvented itself, successfully appealing both to the mass media and to the elite art world. In this extensively illustrated polemic, Julian Stallabrass asks whether it has done so at the price of dumbing down and selling out. 18 color and 53 b/w photographs.

About Julian Stallabrass

Julian Stallabrass is Professor in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. His books include High Art Lite: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art, Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art, Gargantua: Manufactured Mass Culture, and Internet Art: The Online Clash of Culture and Commerce. In 2008 he curated the Brighton Photo Biennial, Memory of Fire: Images of War and the War of Images, nine contrasting exhibitions about war photography. He writes for the New Left Review, Artforum, Texte zur Kunste, Bazaar Art and the London Review of Books.

Additional information

GOR001757668
9781859843185
1859843182
High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s by Julian Stallabrass
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Verso Books
20010917
352
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