After Modern Sculpture: Art In The United States And Europe, 1965-70; Author: Williams, Richard; Paperback

Author: Williams, Richard
Barber Institute's Critical Perspectives in Art History (Paperback); Paperback; 45 B&w Illustrations
288 pages
Published: May 2000
Manchester University Press
ISBN: 0719056519

During the mid- 1960s, sculptors in the United States and Europe simultaneously lost interest in making objects. Instead, under banners such as Anti-Form and Arte Povera, they began to present undifferentiated matter as sculpture: industrial flit, lead, dirt, vegetables, even live animals. Such heaps, arrays, and environments seemed to mark the end of modern sculpture. They dominated sculptural debate at the time of their appearance, and they have since proved enormously influential on contemporary art. This is the first book to treat such work as a separate topic.Describes in detail the contemporary theoretical basis of the work, for example the impact of psychoanalysis, and the politics of the so-called New Left. Describes in detail the contemporary theoretical basis of the work, for example the impact of psychoanalysis, and the politics of the so-called New Left.During the mid-1960s, sculptors in the USA and Europe began to present undifferentiated matter as sculpture: industrial felt, lead, dirt, vegetables, even live animals. This text treats such work as a separate topic and analyzes how it questioned existing traditions of modern sculpture.