Art and Obscenity
by
Kerstin Mey
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Art and Series
ISBN-10
1845112350
ISBN-13
9781845112356
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
I.B. Tauris
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 22nd, 2006
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
368 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.90 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
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Talks about the work of 20th-century artists, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Here, the author argues that some works, regardless of their 'high art' context, remain deeply problematic, whilst others are both groundbreaking and liberating.
Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of ''obscenity'' remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is ''obscene'' shift with societies'' shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth-century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Mey refuses sweeping statements and ''knee-jerk'' responses, arguing with dexterity that some works, regardless of their ''high art'' context, remain deeply problematic, whilst others are both groundbreaking and liberating.
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