Speculative taxidermy natural history, animal surfaces, and art in the anthropocene

Prologue: The carnal immanence of political realism - realism, materiality, and agency -- Introduction: New taxidermy surfaces in contemporary art -- 1. Reconfiguring animal skins : fragmented histories and manipulated surfaces -- 2. A natural history panopticon : power, representation, and animal o...

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1. Verfasser: Aloi, Giovanni (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Critical life studies
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Zusammenfassung:Prologue: The carnal immanence of political realism - realism, materiality, and agency -- Introduction: New taxidermy surfaces in contemporary art -- 1. Reconfiguring animal skins : fragmented histories and manipulated surfaces -- 2. A natural history panopticon : power, representation, and animal objectification -- 3. Dioramas : power, realism, and decorum -- 4. The end of the daydream : taxidermy and photography -- 5. Following materiality : from medium to surface - medium specificity and animal visibility in the modern age -- 6. The allure of the veneer : aesthetics of speculative taxidermy -- 7. This is not a horse : biopower and animal skins in the anthropocene -- Coda: Toward new mythologies - the ritual, the sacrifice, the interconnectedness -- Appendix: Some notes toward a manifesto for artists working with and about taxidermy animals / Mark Dion and Robert Marbury
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:ix, 315 Seiten, 12 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
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24 cm
ISBN:9780231180702
978-0-231-18070-2
9780231180719
978-0-231-18071-9