Far from respectable: Dave Hickey and his art

Introduction: his blue eden -- Far from respectable, even now -- The semi-transcontinental epiphany tactic -- The value of beauty remains unjustified -- His simple heart.

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1. Verfasser: Oppenheimer, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2021
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: his blue eden -- Far from respectable, even now -- The semi-transcontinental epiphany tactic -- The value of beauty remains unjustified -- His simple heart.
"Regarded as both a legend and a villain, the critic Dave Hickey has inspired generations of artists, art critics, musicians, and writers. His 1993 book The Invisible Dragon became a cult hit for its potent and provocative critique of the art establishment and its call to reconsider the role of beauty in art. His next book, 1997's Air Guitar, introduced a new kind of cultural criticism--simultaneously insightful, complicated, vulnerable, and down-to-earth--that propelled Hickey to fame as an iconoclastic thinker, loved and loathed in equal measure, whose influence extended beyond the art world. Far from Respectable is a focused, evocative exploration of Hickey's work, his impact on the field of art criticism, and the man himself, from his Huck Finn childhood to his drug-fueled periods as both a New York gallerist and Nashville songwriter to, finally, his anointment as a tenured professor and MacArthur Fellow. Drawing on in-person interviews with Hickey, his friends and family, and art world comrades and critics, Daniel Oppenheimer examines the controversial writer's distinctive takes on a broad range of subjects, including Normal Rockwell, Robert Mapplethorpe, academia, Las Vegas, basketball, country music, and considers how Hickey and his vision of an "ethical, cosmopolitan paganism" built around a generous definition of art is more urgently needed than ever before"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (141 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781477323151

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