Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art

Ellen Y. Tanii, Essay by Amanda Cachia, Contributions by Joseph Grigely, Contributions by Gala Porras-Kim, Contributions by Shaun Leonardo, Contributions by Tony Lewis, Contributions by Nyeema Morgan

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Publisher:Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers ISBN:9781785511653 Published Date:25th April 2018 Dimensions:223 X 257 X 17 mm Weight:0.7872 kilograms Pages:112 Binding:Hardcover Illustrations:45 colour Condition:New

Short Description

This ground-breaking volume explores the experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of blindness and invisibility in recent American art, offering new insight into contemporary artistic practice.

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Full Description

Featuring sculptural, sound-based, and language-based artworks, this fascinating volume explores the experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of blindness and invisibility in recent American art. New research addresses the paradox of why and how numerous sighted and unsighted artists, normally considered to be 'visual artists' such as William Anastasi, Robert Morris, Joseph Grigely and Lorna Simpson, have challenged the primacy of vision as a bearer of perceptual authority. Their work explores what resides on the other side of the visual field, prompting audiences to reflect upon the significance of what we cannot see, whether by choice, habit or physiological limitations, in the world around us. In so doing, they point to ways of knowing beyond what can be observed with the eyes, as well as to the invisible forces (societal, political, cultural) that govern our own frameworks of experience.

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