In late 19th-century France, women and men were seen as the polar opposites of nature and emotion, and reason. This book documents how these notions influenced...
The 'mirror stage' in Lacanian psychoanalytical theory constructs the female body as lacking. However, what happens if you follow Baudrillard's advice...
PublishedNew Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, [2016]
Offering an incisive rejoinder to traditional histories of modernism and postmodernism, this original book examines the 1960s performance work of three...
PublishedOstfildern: Hatje Cantz; Maidstone: Amalgamated Book Services [distributor], c2007
Spanning 40 years and featuring an international group of more than 130 artists depicting the human body, this book crosses the frameworks of natural...
Celebrated writer and art critic Jennifer Higgie illuminates her fascination for the figure in modern British painting through the works of artists as...
'Silent Partners' locates the artist's mannequin within the context of an expanding universe of effigies, avatars, dolls, and shop window dummies. Generously...