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Why your five-year-old could not have done that : modern art explained

Hodge, Susie, 1960-2012
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Here Susie Hodge, author of How to Survive Modern Art, explains why the best examples of modern art are actually the result of sophisticated thought and serious talent. From Marcel Duchamp's notorious Fountatin and the scibbles of Cy Twombly to Mark Rothko's multiforms and Carl Andre's uncarved blocks, Hodge addresses critical outrage with a revealing insight into the technical skill, layering of ideas, and sheer inspiration behind each work. In cleverly organized chapters, Hodges thoughtfully and definitively lays bare the perception that modern art is mere child's play.
Imprint:
New York : Prestel, 2012.
Collation:
224 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Chapter one‡tObjects, toys.‡tLobster telephone /‡rSalvador Dali‡tTime transfixed /‡rRené Magritte‡tLobster trap and fish tail /‡rAlexander Calder‡tFlag above white with collage /‡rJasper Johns‡tEarth eclipse /‡rJoseph Cornell‡tHomage to New York /‡rJean Tinguely‡tPancakes and sausages /‡rClaes Oldernburg‡t"Monument" for V. Tatlin /‡rDan Flavin‡tUntitled (structure that eats salad) /‡rGiovanni Anselmo‡tCampbell's soup /‡rAndy Warhol‡tNo title /‡rEva Hesse‡tMore love hours than can ever be repaid and the wages of sin /‡rMike Kelley‡t"Untitled" (USA Today) /‡rFelix Gonzalez-Torres‡tHorses running endlessly /‡rGabriel Orozco‡tBidibidobidiboo /‡rMaurizio Cattelan‡tMeringue mix /‡rWayne Thiebaud‡tUntitled (bird, nesting dolls, vase) /‡rHaim Steinbach‡tThe ego and the id /‡rFranz West‡tCuckoo in the nest /‡rGary Hume‡tWorld leaders attend the marriage... /‡rGrayson Perry‡tMassachusetts chandelier /‡rPipilotti Rist --
ISBN:
97837913473563791347357
Dewey class:
709.04
LC class:
N6350
Language:
English
BRN:
159946
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Library at the Dock-Art and CultureARTS 709.04 HODGAvailable
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