Picturing the Self : Changing Views of the Subject in Visual Culture
by
Gen Doy
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1850434131
ISBN-13
9781850434139
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
I.B. Tauris
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 24th, 2004
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
434 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Art treatments & subjectsThe visual, decorative or fine arts: treatments and subjects
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Arguing that the importance of subjectivity for art goes far beyond self-portraits, the author explores topics such as self-expression, the self, work and consumption.
Ideas of selfhood, from Descartes' theory of "I think therefore I am" to postmodern notions of the fragmented and de-centred self, have been crucial to the visual arts. Gen Doy explores this relationship, from Holbein's "Ambassadors" and the early modern period up to and beyond Marc Quinn's "Self" (Blood Head). Arguing that the importance of subjectivity for art goes far beyond self-portraits, she explores such topics as self-expression; the self, work and consumption; self-presentation; photography and the theatre of the self; the marginalized - beggars and asylum seekers - and "the real me". A wide range of artists, including Tracey Emin, Jeff Wall, Eugene Palmer and Karen Knorr, are discussed, as well as historical material from earlier periods.
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