Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980

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Offering a unique thematic approach to recent art history Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980 Third Edition focuses on eight central ideas recurring in art over the past few decades: identity the body time memory place language science and spirituality. Featuring 160 vivid illustrations (23 in color and 137 in black and white) this wide-ranging introduction presents artworks that exemplify a variety of materials techniques theoretical viewpoints and stylistic approaches by artists from diverse ethnic cultural and geographic backgrounds. Concise engaging and accessible this thought-provoking volume challenges readers to think actively and critically about the ideas expressed in contemporary art.