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| Titre : | Art and Obscenity |
| Auteurs : | Kerstin Mey |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : I.B.Tauris, 2006 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-84511-235-6 |
| Index. décimale : | 701 (Philosophie et th├®orie des beaux-arts et des arts d├®coratifs) |
| Résumé : |
Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of "obscenity" remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is "obscene" shift with societies' shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Mey refuses sweeping statements and "kneejerk" responses, arguing with dexterity that some works, regardless of their "high art" context, remain deeply problematic, while others are both groundbreaking and liberating. ### About the Author **Kerstin Mey** is Chair in Fine Art and leads the research area** **'Art and its Location' in the Interface: Centre for Research** **in Art, Technologies and Design project at the University of Ulster. She is General Editor of the Transcript series published by the School of Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, in association with Manchester University Press. |
