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Availability:In StockContributor:Sharon Beder (Editor)Publish date:1998-06-01Pages:172
Language:EnglishPublisher:New PressISBN-13:9781565844179ISBN-10:1565844173UPC:9781565844179Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Criticism & TheorySize:6.93 x 4.94 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCTTV8P1HQ

Almost more than artists, art critics today form an elite class that legislates cultural tastes. The Crisis of Criticism is a collection of brilliantly argued, provocative essays that address the problematic nature of the critic's authority and responsibilities. In it, today's leading critics, curators, and artists address the questions at the heart of criticism. Do critics grant cultural permission or is their work merely descriptive? Is there such a thing as critical activism? How can critics bridge the gap between a sometimes hermetic art community and the public? Are critics consumer advocates, sycophants, or artists in their own right? Maurice Berger assembles the top critics in each field to address the problematic nature of the critic's authority and responsibilities. Contributors include Richard Martin, bell hooks, Jim Hoberman, Arlene Croce, Wayne Koestenbaum, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.

Language:EnglishPublisher:New PressISBN-13:9781565844179ISBN-10:1565844173UPC:9781565844179Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:Criticism & TheorySize:6.93 x 4.94 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCTTV8P1HQ

Maurice Berger is a cultural historian, art critic, and curator. He is Research Professor and Chief Curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. A student of the pioneering theoretical art historian Rosalind E. Krauss, he completed a B.A. at Hunter College and Ph.D. in art history and critical theory at the City University of New York.

Berger is the author of eleven books on the subject of American art, culture, and the politics of race. His writing on art, film, television, theater, law, and the politics of race have appeared in many journals and newspapers, including "Artforum," "Art in America," the "New York Times," the "Village Voice," "October," "Wired," and the "Los Angeles Times." He has also contributed essays to numerous exhibition catalogs and anthologies.

Publisher: New Press

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Sharon Beder (Editor)

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