Gothic: Transmutations of Horror in Late-Twentieth-Century Art Tapa blanda - 1999

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Boston and Cambridge, MA: Institute of Contemporary Art; MIT Press, 1997. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston from April 24 to July 6, 1997. Tight, clean copy. Horror in art. "As the millennium draws to a close, a Gothic spirit once again penetrates much of today's art and culture. Over the past decade, American and European artists have grown increasingly fascinated with the dark and uncanny side of the human psyche--the theatrical and grotesque, the violent and destructive. Taking its starting point and title from the Gothic novel, this book investigates the full-blown revival of a Gothic sensibility in contemporary art; in American and British fiction labeled the 'New Gothic'; in film with its long tradition of horror; and in video, music, fashion, design, and underground culture. Gothic accompanies an exhibition at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, of twenty-three artists who… Leer más