Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 380 g
Reihe: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 380 g
Reihe: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts
ISBN: 978-0-231-14880-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Aboriginal acrylic painting, produced by indigenous women artists of the Australian Desert, bears a superficial resemblance to abstract expressionism and is often read as such by viewers. Yet to see this art only through a Western lens is to miss its unique ontology, logics of sensation, and rich politics and religion. Ferrell explores the culture that produces these paintings and connects its aesthetic to the brutal environmental and economic realities of its people. From here, she travels to urban locales, observing museums and department stores as they traffic interchangeably in art and commodities.
Ferrell ties the history of these desert works to global acts of genocide and dispossession. Rethinking the value of the artistic image in the global market and different interpretations of the sacred, she considers photojournalism, ecotourism, and other sacred sites of the western subject, investigating the intersection of modern art and postmodern culture. She ultimately challenges the primacy of the "European gaze" and its fascination with sacred cultures, constructing a more balanced intercultural dialogue that deemphasizes the aesthetic of the real championed by western philosophy.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Australische und Pazifische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Indigene Kunst, Volkskunst
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kunstethnologie, Musikethnologie
Weitere Infos & Material
AcknowledgmentsList of PhotographsWriting on ArtArtUtopiaDreamingAbstractionStriking ColorThe Real Power of ColorHow Painting BeganCultureGlobal Art, Local KnowledgeThe Idea of the MuseumIn TranslationA White ThingImage LogicPhotojournalismGenderStolen CultureLitte Children Are SacredMum's the WordCrisis in RepresentationRace and GenderLawCommon LawFeeling for JusticeApartheidDiscoveryRadical DifferenceEmily Inc.ReferencesIndex
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