{"product_id":"delirious-art-at-the-limits-of-reason-1950-1980-non-mint","title":"Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason 1950-1980 (Non-mint)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25.4 x 2.54 x 30.48 cm | 224 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYale University Press | 2017 | 209781588396334\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is an extraordinary, unconventional reevaluation of postwar art through the lens of delirium. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAddressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDelirious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e situates a fascination with the absurd and irrational within the context of the violence and brutality witnessed during World War II as well as the rapid expansion of industrial capitalism in the 1950s.  Skepticism of science and technology―along with fear of its capability to promote mass destruction―developed into a distrust of rationalism, which in the arts had the paradoxical result of extracting irrational effects from rational means.  Disturbing and challenging, these works upended traditional notions of aesthetic harmony.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis thought-provoking book features work by approximately 70 artists from Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including Dara Birnbaum, León Ferrari, Bruce Nauman, Howardena Pindell, Peter Saul, Nancy Spero, and many others.  Placing the fascination with delirium within historical, literary, political, and cultural contexts, it offers a provocative view of how like-minded artists experimented with irrational subject matter and techniques―ranging from sculpture, painting, photography, and works on paper to film, video, and book design―and forged a new aesthetic that directly responded to the unbalanced times in which they were created.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: This book is a NON-MINT item. NON-MINT books are new but are either ex-display copies or warehouse marked - minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffs, marks, or minor dents to the covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47867940864258,"sku":"BK-YUP-DEL-002-C","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_3509_82a34b89-7ddb-4a16-a080-20d972a47d13.jpg?v=1701692519","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/delirious-art-at-the-limits-of-reason-1950-1980-non-mint","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}