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Item Number: 135462
Title: Art & Religion in the 21st Century
Author: Rosen, Aaron
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780500239315
Description: New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. 27cm., hardcover, 256pp., 225 color illus. Summary: The relationship between art and religion has been long, complex, and oftenconflicted, and it has given rise to many of the greatest works in the history of art. Artists today continue to reflect seriously upon religious traditions, themes, andinstitutions, suggesting a new approach to spirituality that is more considered thanconfrontational. Art & Religion in the 21st Century is the first in-depth study to survey an internationalroster of artists who use their work to explore religion’s cultural, social, political, and psychological impact on today’s world. An introduction outlines thedebates and controversies that the art/religion connection has precipitatedthroughout history. Each of the book’s ten chapters introduces a theme—ideas ofthe Creation, the figure of Jesus, the sublime, wonder, diaspora and exile, religiousand political conflict, ritual practice, mourning and monumentalizing, and spiritual “dwelling” in the body and in space—followed by a selection of works of art thatillustrates that theme. Artists discussed include Vanessa Beecroft, Maurizio Cattelan, Makoto Fujimura, David LaChapelle, Annette Messager, Jason Rhoades, Andres Serrano, and Zeng Fanzhi.
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