Craig Owens Books

Craig Owens was an influential critic of contemporary art, whose work delved deeply into photography, postmodernism, feminism, and Marxist thought. Through his extensive critical writing and lecturing, he explored the complex intersections of representation, power, and culture. His ideas, which shaped the understanding of 20th-century art, were collected in his seminal work.

Beyond Recognition
386 pages
14 hours of reading
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Perhaps more than any other recent writer, Craig Owens explored the relations among the discourses of contemporary art, sexuality, and power. His familiarity with the New York art world and its practitioners in the 1970's and 1980's makes his writing an unparalleled guide to one of the most riveting periods of contemporary culture.

Beyond Recognition