Art and Animals

Name: Art and Animals
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ISBN: 9781848855250

ISBN-10: 1848855257

ISBN-13: 9781848855250

Edition: 2011

Authors: Giovanni Aloi

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'Art is continually haunted by the animal,' wrote Deleuze and Guattari. Over the past two decades, animals have quite literally invaded the gallery space, from Joseph Beuys' co-habiting with a coyote, Janis Kounelli's instillation of live horses, Damien Hirst's shark in formaldehyde to Mark Dion's natural history displays and Marco Evaristti's 'goldfish in a blender'. In this latest addition to the highly acclaimed 'Art and...' series, Giovanni Aloi surveys the insistent presence of animals in the world of contemporary art, exploring the leading concepts which inform this emerging practice. From exhibitions featuring live animals, to taxidermy, and interspecies communication, Giovanni Aloi…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Preface: Why Look at Animals Now?



Caught up in Representation



Taxidermy: Subjugated Wilderness



Levels of Proximity



An Uncomfortable Closeness



The Animal that Therefore I am Not



The Death of the Animal



Conclusion In Conversation with Mark Dion The Culture of Nature


Notes


Bibliography


Filmography


Index