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High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s
by Stallabrass, Julian
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1859843182
- ISBN 13
- 9781859843185
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About This Item
London and New York: Verso, 1999. x, 342 pages, illustrations (some colour); 20 cm, Near fine. Tight, clean text. Light shelfwear. "'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." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction; Famous for being famous; Artist-curators and the 'alternative' scene; Dumb and dumber?; That's entertainment; The market and the state; Saatchi and Sensation; The Britishness of British art; The decline and fall of art criticism; The future for high art lite, . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.
Synopsis
Julian Stallabrass is Reader in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. His other books include Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art , Gargantua: Manufactured Mass Culture , and Internet Art: The Online Clash of Culture and Commerce .
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- Title
- High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s
- Author
- Stallabrass, Julian
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1859843182
- ISBN 13
- 9781859843185
- Publisher
- Verso
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / British & Irish; European / 9. Contemporary;
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