Publication

2010 - University of Minnesota Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,750 words, Guess

Page Count

227 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780816665884
  • ISBN-100816665885
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010027202
  • OCLC Control Number475453641
  • Better World Books9780816665884
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Classifications

  • LCCN6494.E27
  • LCCN6494.E27 B65 2010
  • LCCNA6494.E27 B64 2010

Description

"In The Ethics of Earth Art, Amanda Boetzkes analyzes the development of the earth art movement, arguing that such diverse artists as Robert Smithson, Ana Mendieta, James Turrell, Jackie Brookner, Olafur Eliasson, Basia Irland, and Ichi Ikeda are connected through their elucidation of the earth as a domain of ethical concern. Boetzkes contends that in basing their works' relationship to the natural world on receptivity rather than representation, earth artists take an ethical stance that counters both the instrumental view that seeks to master nature and the Romantic view that posits a return to a mythical state of unencumbered continuity with nature. By incorporating receptive surfaces into their work - film footage of glaring sunlight, an aperture in a chamber that opens to the sky, or a porous armature on which vegetation grows - earth artists articulate the dilemma of representation that nature presents."--Pub. desc.

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Other Editions

  • The Ethics Of Earth ArtUniversity of Minnesota Press2010-01-01

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