Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory | Lucy R. Lippard

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	Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory Lucy R. Lippard New Press, 1995 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Overlay is Lucy Lippard's classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric sites and symbols. Viewed by critics, artists, art historians, and students as the essential text on how prehistoric images have been "overlayed" onto contemporary art by today's artists, Overlay is for anyone interested in the possibility of reintegrating art into the fabric of society as a whole, as in prehistoric times.

Visually gripping and revealing, an inspirartion to artists

Working with many artists, this is one of the most thumbed books in the sculpture workshop library and I am finally buying a copy as that one keeps going missing. The pictures and diagrams are visually exciting and informative - they must be or the artists wouldnt be interested enough to want to covert the book! The text is informative and helpful when looking for inspiration and you continuously get the feeling "why hadn't I noticed that before" when flipping through the book. Its very readable and not too convoluted, it gives you a taster to want to go on to find out more about ancient art forms. It gives you the freedom to create art, as you no longer feel the need for any art to be original, once you've read this book you'll realise that no art is ever truely original, be it ancient or contemporary, and yet it can all be exciting.

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