Amelia Jones is an American art historian, critic, and curator specializing in feminist art, body/performance art, and Dadaism. Her written works and approach to modern and contemporary art history are considered revolutionary, as she dismantles commonly held assumptions and delivers brilliantly conceived critiques of the art historical tradition and individual artists' positions within its often elitist sphere. Jones systematically revises and reevaluates the art historical canon, offering fresh perspectives on artworks and their contexts. Her scholarship is essential for understanding the evolution and critical examination of art.
Tracing artists' increasing use of their bodies as subject and actual material of their artworks, this title charts the rise of new forms of expression such as Body Art, Happenings, Performance and Live Art.
Essayists Amada Cruz, Elizabeth A. T. Smith, and Amelia Jones offer keen insight and observations from several distinct vantage points, demonstrating that Sherman's work is a lens through which to view contemporary art and its ongoing concern with the profound issues of the structures of the self.
Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this book assembles writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media, and other visual fields from a feminist perspective. The book combines classic texts with six newly commissioned pieces. Articles are grouped into thematic sections, each introduced by the editor. Providing a framework within which to understand the shifts in feminist thinking in visual studies, as well as an overview of major feminist theories of the visual, this reader also explores how issues of race, class, nationality, and sexuality enter into debates about feminism in the field of the visual. -- book cover.
Embracing a mix of methodologies and perspectives (including feminism, queer theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literary theory), this examination of body art provides historical insight and context that rethinks the parameters of postmodern culture.
"It has been argued, most notably in psychoanalytic and modernist art discourse, that the production of works of art is fundamentally driven by sexual desire. It has been further argued, particularly since the early 1970s, that sexual drives and desires also condition the distribution, display and reception of art. This anthology traces how and why this identification of art with sexual expression or repression arose and how the terms have shifted in tandem with artistic and theoretical debates, from the era of the rights movements to the present. Among the subjects it discusses are abjection and the "informe," or formless; pornography and the obscene; the performativity of gender and sexuality; and the role of sexuality in forging radical art or curatorial practices in response to such issues as state-sponsored repression and anti-feminism in the broader social realm." -- Publisher's description
'A 5 star book! I loved every word of this enemies to lovers slow burn rom com!... It is perfect!!' Reader review 5 stars It is a truth universally acknowledged that you will go from enemies to lovers... Meet Elizabeth Bennett. Otherwise known as Eden Blake the understudy in Liz and Darcy, the musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Eden has toiled away for years as a working actress in terrible commercials. While she's not guaranteed a spot on stage, this production is one step on the road to her dreams. Until Brennon Thorne, their new Mr Darcy, and all-round theatre god joins the next leg of their tour. Brennon can't hide his contempt for Eden and anyone who isn't a classically trained actor. And he doesn't care who knows it. But at least they don't need to spend that much time together. Until the actress playing Elizabeth drops out last minute and suddenly the spotlight is on Eden. Opposite Brennon. On stage. Every night. Which always ends with a kiss. Brennon's arrogance and disdain is almost unbearable. But as one on-stage kiss leads to another, Eden can't help feeling something else... Could her pretend Mr Darcy actually be one in real life? Or does that only happen in a Jane Austen novel? A wonderfully witty and spicy retelling of Jane Austen's classic tale of enemies to lovers. Fans of bookish happy ever afters will be hooked by this romantic comedy that is perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood.