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ArtQuake: Modern Artworks that Shook the World
Rs.3,250.00
Author Susie Hodge
ArtQuake tells the story of modern art via fifty works that shook the world, telling the fascinating stories behind their creation, reception and legacy. These are the works that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy, causing fascination and intrigue in some and repulse and scorn in others.
These cutting-edge totems, which celebrated novelty and innovation, defined twentieth-century art – acting as prime examples of how powerful paintings, installations and performances can be when artists take tradition and rip it up. From Édouard Manet's Olympia (1865) to Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (1917); Yves Klein's Anthropology Performance (1960) to Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party (1974–9); Andres Serrano' Piss Christ (1987) to Rachel Whiteread's House (1993) – we’ll meet huge egos, uncompromising feminists, gifted recluses, spiritualists, anti-consumerists, satirists and more. In telling the history of Modern and Contemporary Art through the pieces that were truly pivotal, and explaining the context in which each was created, ArtQuake presents the very framework of modern art, which has constantly questioned and challenged expectation.
ArtQuake is an alternative introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art, focusing on the stories of 50 key artworks that questioned boundaries, challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling today.
These cutting-edge totems, which celebrated novelty and innovation, defined twentieth-century art – acting as prime examples of how powerful paintings, installations and performances can be when artists take tradition and rip it up. From Édouard Manet's Olympia (1865) to Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (1917); Yves Klein's Anthropology Performance (1960) to Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party (1974–9); Andres Serrano' Piss Christ (1987) to Rachel Whiteread's House (1993) – we’ll meet huge egos, uncompromising feminists, gifted recluses, spiritualists, anti-consumerists, satirists and more. In telling the history of Modern and Contemporary Art through the pieces that were truly pivotal, and explaining the context in which each was created, ArtQuake presents the very framework of modern art, which has constantly questioned and challenged expectation.
ArtQuake is an alternative introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art, focusing on the stories of 50 key artworks that questioned boundaries, challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling today.