Art

This unique study tracks the way the Aboriginal art phenomenon has mediated Indigenous/non-indigenous relations in Australia. It illuminates the utopian and dystopian currents of thought that have arisen in relation to the art, and the contradictory social and political aspirations to which it has been anchored in public culture.

Art and Design in 1960s New York explores the mutual influence of fine art and graphic design in Manhattan during the long decade of the 1960s.

A fresh study of creative practice and exchange in theatre and the visual arts in eighteenth-century France, nourished by archival research and by histories of innovation, community and knowledge transfer in the Enlightenment.

Artists Activating Sustainability: The Oregon Story examines the way in which the artists within specific communities, against the background of landscape and history, reveal concepts of sustainability that help us broaden our knowledge of what is needed to create a sustainable world.

This ethnographic study is an empirical exploration of caste through the story of Indian potters who have transformed caste into a marketable brand in the business of selling sculptures. To these contemporary potters, caste is in their blood, caste is about being a creative and independent artist, and caste is about business, as they engage in a competitive market to sell their artworks.

This book is designed as an academic monograph but is intended for a general audience.

In her study of Aref El-Rayess’s The 5th of June, or, The Changing of Horses, Natasha Gasparian reveals that the picture was presented and received, allegorically or metaphysically, as an idealized narrative of national liberation. By tracing the caesuras and slips in discourse, she reconstructs an alternative reading of the artwork’s uncanny yet historically determinate character.

THE CLASSIC BOOK ON CREATIVITY BY ASIA’S GREATEST LIVING PLAYWRIGHT; OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE CHINESE VERSION.
Stan Lai has written one of the unique works of our time, explaining that the mysterious act of creativity is actually a traceable function of mind, and there is a path to learn creativity through un-learning many of our habits picked up in life. His special map, as well as tailor-made exercises, lays out an awe-inspiring yet practical guide from a lifetime of creative work, revered in Asia by artists and business leaders alike.

This book examines documenta fifteen (2022) as a turning point in global art politics, from ruangrupa’s Indonesian lumbung model to Palestinian cultural infrastructures. It traces how debates over collectivity, decolonization, and memory politics reveal the contradictions of globalization, financialization, and contemporary art’s search for rootedness.

This collection of essays explores digital art in Ireland. Comprising contributions from scholars and practitioners, it examines how new media technologies are shaping the island’s contemporary artistic practices. As one of the first dedicated treatments of Irish digital art, it fills a major gap in the national media archaeology of Ireland.

This concise guide introduces art criticism and visual interpretation, helping readers thoughtfully engage an image-driven world through observation, analysis, and reflection while developing practical skills to interpret, critique, and appreciate art.

Interrogating canonical texts and plans written during the nineteenth and early twentieth century on both sides of the North Atlantic, this book explores the role of gender in the visioning of the ideal city.