Mary Kelly (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon)) [Paperback]

Mary Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Series: Contemporary Artists (Phaidon) | Publication Date: October 23, 1997

This text argues that Mary Kelly's combination of texts with images and found objects has been pivotal, not only to the development of Conceptual Art, but also to 20th-century feminism. Kelly often deploys prevailing literary or scientific genres, ranging from romantic fiction to types of psychoanalytical and medical diagnosis which define women as "other", and overturns them with her own narratives and images. The book is part of a series of studies of important artists of the late-20th century. Each title offers a comprehensive survey of the artist's work, providing analyses and multiple perspectives on contemporary art and its inspiration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press (October 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714836613
• ISBN-13: 978-0714836614
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 10 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,879,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous images, okay text, September 26, 1999

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This review is from: Mary Kelly (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon)) (Paperback)

Lots of great images and info about Mary Kelly's important but hard to find art. It's a pity the texts aren't better. The interviewer (Douglas Crimp) embarrassingly doesn't seem to know much about Kelly's work, and the critical takes aren't really new or deep.

Overall, the new Phaidon series is beautifully-produced, but not really up to the standards the series once set, when it published more significant critical work and scholarhsip. These feel like candies: quick reads, nice pix, but nothing too deep and certainly nothing critical.