{"product_id":"the-synthetic-proposition-conceptualism-and-the-political-referent-in-contemporary-art-paperback","title":"The Synthetic Proposition: Conceptualism and the Political Referent in Contemporary Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNizan Shaked\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the 1990s. It focuses on the turn to political reference in practices originally concerned with abstract ideas, as articulated by Joseph Kosuth, and traces key strategies in contemporary art to the reciprocal influences of conceptualism and identity politics: movements that have so far been historicised as mutually exclusive. The book demonstrates that while identity-based strategies were particular, their impact spread far beyond the individuals or communities that originated them. It offers a study of Adrian Piper, David Hammons, Renée Green, Mary Kelly, Martha Rosler, Silvia Kolbowski, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Lorna Simpson, Hans Haacke, Andrea Fraser and Charles Gaines. By turning to social issues, these artists analysed the conventions of language, photography, moving image, installation and display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe synthetic proposition \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, and the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the 1990s. It focuses on the turn to political reference in practices originally concerned with philosophically abstract ideas, as articulated by Joseph Kosuth, and traces key strategies in contemporary art to the reciprocal influences of conceptualism and identity politics, movements that have so far been historicised as mutually exclusive. A vast delta lies between the river of conceptualism and that of identity politics; this book traces some of the major streams that have flowed between, and demonstrates that while identity-based strategies were particular, their impact spread far beyond the individuals or communities that originated them. Commencing with the early oeuvre of Adrian Piper, a first-generation Conceptual artist, this book offers a study of interlocutors that expanded the practice into a broad notion of conceptualism, including David Hammons, Renée Green, Mary Kelly, Martha Rosler, Silvia Kolbowski, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Lorna Simpson, Hans Haacke, Andrea Fraser, and Charles Gaines. By turning to social issues, these artists analysed the cultural conventions embedded in modes of reference and representation such as language, writing, photography, moving image, and installation and exhibition display. Influenced by the social movements of the 1960s, they used them as models towards a cross-identity politics, where the issue is not one's sense of self, but the positing of identity as a universal principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, and the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the 1990s. It focuses on the turn to political reference in practices originally concerned with philosophically abstract ideas, as articulated by Joseph Kosuth, and traces key strategies in contemporary art to the reciprocal influences of conceptualism and identity politics, movements that have so far been historicised as mutually exclusive. A vast delta lies between the river of conceptualism and that of identity politics; this book traces some of the major streams that have flowed between, and demonstrates that while identity-based strategies were particular, their impact spread far beyond the individuals or communities that originated them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Commencing with the early oeuvre of Adrian Piper, a first-generation Conceptual artist, this book offers a study of interlocutors that expanded the practice into a broad notion of conceptualism, including David Hammons, Renée Green, Mary Kelly, Martha Rosler, Silvia Kolbowski, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Lorna Simpson, Hans Haacke, Andrea Fraser, and Charles Gaines. By turning to social issues, these artists analysed the cultural conventions embedded in modes of reference and representation such as language, writing, photography, moving image, and installation and exhibition display. Influenced by the social movements of the 1960s, they used them as models towards a cross-identity politics, where the issue is not one's sense of self, but the positing of identity as a universal principle.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNizan Shaked is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History, Museum and Curatorial Studies at California State University, Long Beach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 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 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749381177632,"sku":"9781784992767","price":78.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db68c5d0ab1e2e0cd8434506d51d3a60.webp?v=1779931624","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-synthetic-proposition-conceptualism-and-the-political-referent-in-contemporary-art-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}