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    Forms of enchantment: writing on art and artists

    Warner, Marina (2018) Forms of enchantment: writing on art and artists. London, UK: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500021460.

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    Abstract

    Book synopsis: An anthology of enlightening writing by an award-winning critic that engages with art in its social, political, and aesthetic contexts. Art writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity, and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues author Marina Warner in this new anthology. Here, some of Warner's most compelling writing captures the visual experience of the work of a diverse group of artists--with a notable focus on the inner lives of women--through an exploration of the range of stories and symbols to which they allude in their work. Warner vividly describes this imagery, covering the connection with animals in the work of Louise Bourgeois, the Catholicism of Damien Hirst, performance as a medium of memory in the installations of Joan Jonas, and more.

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    Item Type: Book
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Depositing User: Marina Warner
    Date Deposited: 22 Nov 2019 09:57
    Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:47
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/29636

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