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Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society, 1970s-1990s | Linda Weintraub | One of the few books I still remember from college...

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	Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society, 1970s-1990s Linda Weintraub Art Insights, Inc., 1997 - 264 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Linda Weintraub recognizes that art at the end of the 20th century changes too quickly and is too multifaceted to be quickly and easily understood. Here she explains the intractably avant-garde art of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s by searching for art's meaning within the context of popular culture and the common trends that have led to new forms of artistic expression.

Great buy

The book is very informative on the artists,talks about their different pieces, I just wish it was in color instead of black and white because it takes away from the pieces meaning and depth

One of the few books I still remember from college...

I just stayed up all night just trying to find this book again! I had to have it for an Art History course in college years ago, and out of all the textbooks I had and all the memorizing I had to do, the only art history I can remember today always traces back to this book. While other "art history" type books focus on bombarding you with a bunch of names with dates and titles of work (along with other insignificant information), this book focuses on the concept of the work from some of the most stand-out, atypical artists of this time period. Most importantly you really see the artists' work from the perspective of the creator and get a true sense of the artist's most intimate thoughts. If you're interested in sociology or psychology, this is especially the book for you.

If you're looking for in-depth artist biographies or need to do a research paper on the contemporary art movement, you can't rely on just this alone. But the author does an excellent job on getting straight to the point and providing you with just enough information and selected works that embody the overall essence of the artist (and the artists, collectively, give you a sense of what was going on during the 70s and 80s).

If there was a book like this for every art movement in history, I would buy all of them! Granted, some movements are more interesting than others, but this format is so easy to learn from. You remember works and artists first, then naturally remember the general time and movement, rather than memorizing and forgetting titles and dates with no real significance. I wouldn't call myself a history lover but I'm definitely interested more in people, and with this book, a connection is made between the art and the artist, and a deeper understanding is made about both. I'm so glad I found this and I'm definitely buying it to add back into my collection--my first "art history" book I actually like and WANT in my bookshelf!

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A great book for teachers

I am a professor and I use this book for my 400 level content development class. It's always a challenge to explain postmodernism and conceptualism to undergraduates, but this book really helps. It gets them past the notion that all art should be "pretty" or a function as a demonstration of formalistic skills. Primarily, this book deals with concept based work that pushes past what the uninitiated consider to be art. If you are in the art world, this book will not offer anything new to you, but as an intro text (which I believe it is meant to be) or a companion text in a contemporary art history class, it's a real gem. My students really like it, and it helps them to understand complicated work that is not always accessible from just looking.

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Out of the box art

Read this book for a non-traditional studio class and it was a great introduction to many contemporary artists I did not know.

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