Abject Art: Repulsion and Desire in American Art (Isp Papers, No 3) [Paperback]

Craig Houser (Author), Leslie C. Jones (Author), Simon Taylor (Author), Jack Ben-Levi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Whitney Museum of Art (October 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874270901
• ISBN-13: 978-0874270907
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,796,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Abjection concept and contemporary art: gold connections, September 29, 1999

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This review is from: Abject Art: Repulsion and Desire in American Art (Isp Papers, No 3) (Paperback)

Astonishing. An indispensable user's guide to anyone who seek for the abject concept and its applications particularly on the aesthethics issues, from Bataille to Kristeva.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the Abject concept and contemporary art, September 29, 1999

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This review is from: Abject Art: Repulsion and Desire in American Art (Isp Papers, No 3) (Paperback)

O guia definitivo do conceito de abjeto e suas manifestações na arte contemporânea. Indispensável para diletantes na abjeção, de Bataille a Kristeva.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well...., April 24, 2010

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This review is from: Abject Art: Repulsion and Desire in American Art (Isp Papers, No 3) (Paperback)

The essays are a must, seminal stuff, but as an art book it sucks, THERE ARE ALMOST NO PICTURES!!! Check it out of the library xerox it and return it, but do Xerox it and read it, it's super helpful in understanding the abject and get reffered to a lot.