More real? : art in the age of truthiness / Elizabeth Armstrong ; with essays by D. Graham Burnett, Tom Gunning, Norman M. Klein, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mark Levy, Glenn D. Lowry.
This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness, organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
On the border of the real / Elizabeth Armstrong -- From the real to the more real : a brief historical and philosophical sketch of hyperreality and its roots in realism, impressionism, surrealism, pop art, and postmodernism / Mark Levy -- Make-believe : parafiction and plausibility / Carrie Lambert-Beatty -- Making history : some thoughts on contemporary art and the Middle East / Glenn D. Lowry -- Truthiness and the more real : what is the difference? / Tom Gunning -- In lies begin responsibilities / Graham Burnett -- The charm of the lie : a history of our unreliable grasp of the real / Norman M. Klein.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.