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Difference and Excess in Contemporary Art: The Visibility of Women's Practice - Art History Special Issues (Paperback)

Gill Perry (editor)

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Paperback 208 Pages
Published: 06/02/2004

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Synopsis

This thought-provoking book explores the increasing visibility of women’s art in Britain, Europe and America.

Considers the work of American artists Martha Rosler and Kara Walker, Irish artist Alice Maher, British artists Lubaina Himid, Christine Borland, Sarah Lucas, Cornelia Parker, Gillian Wearing and Rachel Whiteread, and the international performance group, moti roti.
Features specially-commissioned interviews with some of these artists.
Covers diverse media, from sculpture and painting through to photography, installations, video and performance.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9781405112024
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 435 g
Dimensions: 246 x 173 x 11 mm

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"This is a prepossessing volume... all contributions raise questions that are indeed pressing, and address them in thought-provoking and, on the whole, insightful ways." The Art Book