{"product_id":"midnight-the-tempest-essays-pre-occupations-2-hardcover","title":"Midnight: The Tempest Essays: Pre-Occupations 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMolly Nesbit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidnight: The Tempest Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, the second book in Molly Nesbit's \u003ci\u003ePre-Occupations\u003c\/i\u003e series, returns the question of pragmatism to the everyday critical practice of the art historian working in the late 20th century. These essays take their cues from the work of specific artists and writers, beginning in the late 1960s, a time when critical commentary found itself in a political and philosophical crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated case studies on Eug ne Atget, Marcel Duchamp, Jean-Luc Godard, Cindy Sherman, Louise Lawler, Rachel Whiteread, Gabriel Orozco, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Lawrence Weiner, Nancy Spero, Rem Koolhaas, Martha Rosler, Gerhard Richter, Matthew Barney and Richard Serra, among others, continue the legacy of a pragmatism that has endured while debates over postmodernism and French philosophy raged.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Nesbit\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Art at Vassar College and a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e. Since 2002, together with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija, she has curated \u003ci\u003eUtopia Station\u003c\/i\u003e, a collective and ongoing book, exhibition, seminar, website and street project (in Poughkeepsie, Frankfurt, Venice, Munich, Porto Alegre and, next, the Brooklyn Museum). Her books include \u003ci\u003eAtget's Seven Albums\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale University Press, 1992) and \u003ci\u003eTheir Common Sense\u003c\/i\u003e (Black Dog, 2000). \u003ci\u003eThe Pragmatism in the History of Art\u003c\/i\u003e (Periscope, 2013) was the first volume of \u003ci\u003ePre-Occupations\u003c\/i\u003e, a series collecting her essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769850036512,"sku":"9781941753149","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab5eed0751f2a06a60284d1b7fad26d4.webp?v=1780358217","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/midnight-the-tempest-essays-pre-occupations-2-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}