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Dawn Ades : writings on art and anti-art /

Art historian and curator Dawn Ades is a leading voice on Dada, Surrealist, Abstract and Latin American art. This volume collects her essays for the first time, highlighting her passionate voice across time periods and artist movements. Arranged thematically, this collection of essays represents the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ades, Dawn
Other Authors: Globus, Doro, 1983-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Ridinghouse, 2015.
Subjects:
Art > History.
Art > Latin America > History.
Art criticism.
Art criticism > Latin America.
Surrealism > History.
Modernism (Art) > History.
Art.
Modernism (Art)
Surrealism.
Latin America.
History.
Description
Summary:Art historian and curator Dawn Ades is a leading voice on Dada, Surrealist, Abstract and Latin American art. This volume collects her essays for the first time, highlighting her passionate voice across time periods and artist movements. Arranged thematically, this collection of essays represents the breadth of Dawn Ades's critical and curatorial interests, ranging from avant-garde poster design to the representation of the female in Mexico, but with an overarching foundation in abstraction, identity and the influence of new media.
Physical Description:604 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-591) and index.
ISBN:9781905464630
1905464630