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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.47
EAN num: 9781859844533
ISBN number: 1859844537
Label: Verso
Manufacturer: Verso
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: November 27, 2003
Publishing house: Verso
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In the very first half of this compelling collection of essays Hal Foster surveys our new 'political economy of design,' exploring the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities. In a second series of texts, he examines the historical relations of modern art and the modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime offers historical sketches and contemporary test-cases in an endeavor to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.
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Enjoyable, thought-provoking and concise volume from a dignitary of contemporary criticism. Foster nimbly steers clear the of condescension and pretentiousness that can plague high-minded Criticism of this sort, without sacrificing depth of insight and deliberation. Some may welcome the taking-to-task of Gehry, Koolhaas, and Mau - I did! Refreshing to read a critical analysis of the current state of contemporary art and culture that isn't overly prescriptive, dismissive, scathing, or glib and compliant, but is willing to consider that it nevertheless may not be the best of times.
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Illunminating, but probably not for everyone. Foster's modestly-sized book looks like easy reading, but it's not. That's part of its appeal: it's not Recent Art History for Dummies. Nor is it pretentious. Foster does a good job of balancing references to contemporary culture with those to "high" art, and the prosaic with the enchanting. He does a dynamite job of picking out the salient points of Benjamin.
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