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03509aam a22004338i 4500 001 038C480CECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 150717t20162016mnua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2015028018 020 $a 0816696985 020 $a 9780816696987 020 $a 0816696977 020 $a 9780816696970 035 $a (OCoLC)907651209 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d CDX $d NTD $d OCLCO $d KSU $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a NX180.H57 $b B59 2016 082 00 $a 700.9 $2 23 084 $a ART009000 $a ART009000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Blocker, Jane, $e author. 245 10 $a Becoming past : $b history in contemporary art / $c Jane Blocker. 246 30 $a History in contemporary art 264 1 $a Minneapolis : $b University of Minnesota Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 236 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary, after all--as much as we may want to consider it otherwise--is being made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this moving target? These questions lie at the center of Jane Blocker's Becoming Past. The important point is not whether there is--or should be--contemporary art history, Blocker argues, but how. Focusing on a significant aspect of current art practice, in which artists have engaged with historical subject matter, methods, and inquiry, Blocker asks how the creation of the artist implicates and interrogates that of the art historian. She moves from art history to theater, to performance, and to literature as she investigates a series of works, including performances by the collaborative group Goat Island, the film Deadpan by Steve McQueen, the philosophies of science fiction writer Samuel Delany and documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee, the film Amos Fortune Road by Matthew Buckingham, and sculptures by Dario Robleto. Many books have sought to understand the key directions of contemporary art. In contrast, Becoming Past is concerned with the application of art history in the pursuit of such trends. Setting the idea of temporality decisively in the realm of art, Blocker's work is crucial for artists, art historians, curators, critics, and scholars of performance and cultural studies interested in the role of history in the practice of art"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index. 505 0 $a History as prosthesis -- Wooden legs: Goat Island's acts of repair -- Houses falling down: archival violence in Steve McQueen's Deadpan -- Incorrect and incomplete: Ross McElwee's fictions and Samuel Delany's lies -- The empty stage: a story about the past by Matthew Buckingham -- Stupid birds: temporal dissidence in The Lastmaker -- Transitional objects: Dario Robleto's spools -- Wooden feet: Francis AlyÌs and syncopated time. 650 0 $a Arts and history. 650 0 $a Arts, Modern $y 20th century $x Themes, motives. 650 0 $a Arts, Modern $y 21st century $x Themes, motives. 650 7 $a ART $x Contemporary (1945- ) $x Contemporary (1945- ) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a ART $x Criticism & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Arts and history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01737647 650 7 $a Arts, Modern $x Themes, motives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00818159 648 7 $a 1900 - 2099 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213020107.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=038C480CECCF11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search