Art and the home : comfort, alienation and the everyday / Imogen Racz.

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Racz, Imogen [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781786739988
1786739984

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DDC classification:

758.96431 23

LOC classification:

N8217.H66 R33 2019

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Contents:

Enclosure -- Doors and windows -- Female space -- Alienation -- The unmade house -- Withdrawal -- Objects, sentiment and memory.

Summary: "Our homes contain us, but they are also within us. They can represent places to be ourselves, to recollect childhood memories, or to withdraw into adult spaces of intimacy; they can be sites for developing rituals, family relationships, and acting out cultural expectations. Like the personal, social, and cultural elements out of which they are constructed, homes can be not only comforting, but threatening too. The home is a rich theme running through post-war western art, and it continues to engage contemporary artists today - yet it has been the subject of relatively little critical writing. Art and the Home: Comfort, Alienation and the Everyday is the first single-authored, up-to-date book on the subject. Imogen Racz provides a theme-led discussion about how the physical experience of the dwelling space and the psychological complexities of the domestic are manifested in art, focusing mainly on sculpture, installation and object-based practice; discussing the work and ideas of artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois, Gordon Matta-Clark, George Segal and Cornelia Parker within their artistic and cultural contexts."--Wheelers.co.nz

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Originally published: London: I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed July 19, 2019)

Enclosure -- Doors and windows -- Female space -- Alienation -- The unmade house -- Withdrawal -- Objects, sentiment and memory.

"Our homes contain us, but they are also within us. They can represent places to be ourselves, to recollect childhood memories, or to withdraw into adult spaces of intimacy; they can be sites for developing rituals, family relationships, and acting out cultural expectations. Like the personal, social, and cultural elements out of which they are constructed, homes can be not only comforting, but threatening too. The home is a rich theme running through post-war western art, and it continues to engage contemporary artists today - yet it has been the subject of relatively little critical writing. Art and the Home: Comfort, Alienation and the Everyday is the first single-authored, up-to-date book on the subject. Imogen Racz provides a theme-led discussion about how the physical experience of the dwelling space and the psychological complexities of the domestic are manifested in art, focusing mainly on sculpture, installation and object-based practice; discussing the work and ideas of artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois, Gordon Matta-Clark, George Segal and Cornelia Parker within their artistic and cultural contexts."--Wheelers.co.nz

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