Oceans
TitleOceans
Year of publication20232023
Size239 p.: ill.: 21 x 15 cm
Materialpaperback
Series titleDocuments of Contemporary Art
ISBN978-0-85488-304-2
LanguageEngels
Subjectkunsttheorie, hedendaagse kunst, oceanen
Persons keyword Bas Jan Ader, Eileen Agar, John Akomfrah, Heba Y. Amin, Shuvinai Ashoona, Betty Beaumont, Heidi Bucher, Marcus Coates, Manthia Diawara, Chris Dobrowolski, Léuli Eshraghi, Ellen Gallagher, Ayesha Hameed, Klara Hobza, Brian Jungen, Tania Kovats, Sonia Levy, Ana Mendieta, Eleanor Morgan, Wangechi Mutu, Shimabuku, Alberta Whittle
ShelfmarkB 2032/104
Abstract
Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface, dividing and connecting humans, who carry saltwater in their blood, sweat and tears. They represent a powerful nonhuman force, rising, flooding, heating and raging in unprecedented ways as the climate crisis unfolds. Artists have envisioned the sea as a sublime wilderness, home to mythical creatures and bizarre species, a site of new beginnings and tragic endings, both wondrous and disastrous. From migration to melting ice caps, the sea is omnipresent in international news and politics, leaking into popular culture and proliferating in recent art and exhibitions. This anthology addresses oceans as both a theme and a major agent of artistic and curatorial methods. (bron: uitgever)