Thomas Hirschhorn: A New Political Understanding of Art? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512601633)

Thomas Hirschhorn, a leading installation artist whose work is owned and exhibited by modern art museums throughout Europe and the United States, is known for compelling, often site-specific and interactive environments tackling issues of critical theory, global politics, and consumerism. His work initially engages the viewer through sheer superabundance. Combining found images and texts, bound up in handcrafted constructions of cardboard, foil, and packing tape, the artworks reflect the intellectual scavenging and sensory overload that characterize our own attempts to grapple with the excess of information in daily life. Christina Braun, the first to compile and systematically analyze the extensive source material on this artist's theoretical principles, sheds light on the complicated yet constitutive relations between Hirschhorn's work and theory. Her study, now translated into English, makes a major contribution to the study of contemporary art.

Author: Christina Braun
ISBN-10: 1512601632
ISBN-13: 9781512601633
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2018
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d