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Contemporary art is a vast and complex field representing artists, ideas and trends from every imaginable cultural and geographical background. This book introduces the art of our times by taking the reader through a tour of some 70 examples from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. T...
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MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Contemporary art is a vast and complex field representing artists, ideas and trends from every imaginable cultural and geographical background. This book introduces the art of our times by taking the reader through a tour of some 70 examples from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thematic chapters present artistic categories, concepts and propositions that offer a path toward understanding the different subjects, forms, styles, purposes and techniques of contemporary art. Some, such as portraiture, are long-standing notions in the history of art; others, such as site appropriation, raise provocative questions and may be less immediately obvious. But it is the works themselves--brilliantly conceived by some of the most creative minds of our times--that make the case for embracing contemporary art in all its diversity. |
| Carrier Form: | 180 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780878468164 0878468161 |
| Index Number: | N6490 |
| CLC: | J110.95 |
| Call Number: | J110.95/C761-2 |
| Contents: | Abstraction -- Portraiture -- Site -- Appropriation -- Process -- Conceptualism. |