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Immanent vitalities : meaning and materiality in modern and contemporary art /

A new reality for the art object has emerged in the world of contemporary art. It is now experienced less as an autonomous, inanimate form and more as an active material agent. In this book, Kaira M. Cabañas describes how such a shift in conceptions of art's materiality came to occur, exploring...

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Main Author:	Cabañas, Kaira Marie, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021].
Series:	Studies on Latin American art ; 4.
Subjects:	Materialism in art. Art, Brazilian > 20th century > Themes, motives. Art, Venezuelan > 20th century > Themes, motives. Art, Brazilian > 21st century > Themes, motives. Art, Venezuelan > 21st century > Themes, motives. Vitalism in art. ART / General.

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