{"product_id":"after-criticism-new-responses-to-art-and-performance-paperback-softback-9780631232841","title":"After Criticism; New Responses to Art and Performance (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631232841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter Criticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew Responses to Art and Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGavin Butt (Edited by), G Butt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631232841, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.345 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAfter Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e is crucial to any discussion regarding the status of criticism and critical theory after post-structuralism and, equally importantly, is one of few texts that is innovative in its illumination of context, history, aesthetic judgement and, rare for an academic text, enjoyable to read.\" \u003ci\u003eArt Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"After Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e is no doubt the most intriguing collection of performative writing published yet. Being refreshing, entertaining as well as inspiringly confusing, it is essential reading for anyone writing on art who does not only think of \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e to write, but also \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e to write it.\" \u003ci\u003eContemporary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Though it seems contradictory to write words of praise for a book that deeply interrogates the marketability of praiseful language (in the guise of art criticism), Gavin Butt's collection deserves them. Framed by Butt's astute introduction, these performative essays pulse with vitality. Food for thought, this book makes us think, again, about art and its interpretations in a new way. Critical writing as a kind of performance – delicious.\" \u003ci\u003eAmelia Jones, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This anthology is an excellent overview of performative critical discourse edited and introduced by one of its leading proponents. All the contributions have an experimental or improvisational edge that preserves a sense of the critical encounter. The book is at the cutting edge of art theory and will be read with enthusiasm by a large number of people engaged with contemporary art practice and criticism.\" \u003ci\u003eMargaret Iversen, University of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt has recently become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. Either commodification is deemed to have killed it off, or it has become institutionally routine. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in recent visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing over the past decade or so. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIssues addressed include the 'performing' of art's histories; the consequences for criticism of embracing boredom, distraction and other 'queer' forms of (in)attention; and the importance of exploring writerly process in responding to aesthetic experience. Bringing together newly commissioned work from the fields of art history, performance studies, and visual culture with the writings of contemporary artists, \u003ci\u003eAfter Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e provides a set of experimental essays which demonstrate how 'the critical' might live on as a vital and efficacious force within contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Paradoxes of Criticism 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGavin Butt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Performing Art’s Histories 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Solo Solo Solo 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Binding to Another’s Wound: Of Weddings and Witness 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Blocker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 This is I 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiru Ratnam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Distracted and Bored: The Critic Looks Elsewhere 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Trouble with Men, or, Sex, Boredom, and the Work of Vaginal Davis 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Utopia’s Seating Chart: Ray Johnson, Jill Johnston, and Queer Intermedia as System 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosé Esteban Muñoz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Looking Away: Participations in Visual Culture 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrit Rogoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Critical Response\/Performative Process 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Itinerant Improvisations: From “My Favorite Things” to an “agency of night” 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Seth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Experience of Art as a Living Through of Language 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Transparent Lecture 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Goulish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ecompiled by Andrew Walby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 212\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Art%20treatments%20\u0026amp;%20subjects%20%5BAG%5D%22\"\u003eAG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173795623192,"sku":"9780631232841","price":40.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631232841.jpg?v=1781172211","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-criticism-new-responses-to-art-and-performance-paperback-softback-9780631232841","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}