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Delirious - Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

Delirious - Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980

By Kelly Baum, Lucy Bradnock, Tina Rivers Ryan

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About the book

An extraordinary, unconventional reevaluation of postwar art through the lens of delirium Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, Delirious 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-devel...Show more

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9781588396334

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Delirious - Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980

Format

Hardcover

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