Breaking resemblance : the role of religious motifs in contemporary art /
The book explores the complex relationship between contemporary art and religion. It focuses on the ways artists re-appropriate religious motifs as a means to reflect critically on our desire to believe in images, on the history of seeing them, and on their double power - iconic and political.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2017
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Situating contemporary art and religion
- Veronicas and artists
- Breaking the religious image: Reinventing religion in art
- Between critical displacements and spiritual affirmations
- Images between religion and art
- The video Veronicas of Bill Viola
- Images that do not rest: The installations of Lawrence Malstaf
- Illusionism cut: The painting of Veronica Reynolds
- The body recast: The sculpture of Berlinde de Bruyckere
- Conclusion.