Artists' books : a postmodern perspective

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dc.contributor.author Liebenberg-Barkhuizen, Estelle
dc.date.accessioned 2011-11-08T10:14:01Z
dc.date.available 2011-11-08T10:14:01Z
dc.date.created 2011
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract This article wishes to examine the phenomenon of artists’ books from a postmodern perspective. As artists’ books appear to be a specifically twentieth century art form which intersects a variety of creative fields, such as printing and text, bookbinding, visual images, architecture, sculpture and performance, even electronic media, it appears appropriate to consider this a peculiarly postmodern genre. The concept of the ‘artists’ book’ will be briefly discussed according to specific examples, and the discussion will proceed to examine such books following to Fredrick Jameson’s definition of postmodernism, as explained in his article ‘Postmodernism and Consumer Society’. en_US
dc.description.abstract Hierdie artikel poog om die verskynsel van kunstenaarsboeke vanuit ’n postmodernistiese perspektief te ondersoek. Kunstenaarsboeke skyn om ‘n spesifieke twintigste eeuse verskynsel te wees, wat oor verskeie kreatiewe areas soos die boekdrukkuns, die gebruik van teks, boekbindery, visuele beelde en selfs elektroniese media strek. Daarom blyk dit dat hierdie boeke ’n postmodernistiese verskynsel is en is so ’n benadering toepaslik om hierdie boeke te beskryf. Die begrip ‘kunstenaarsboeke’ word kortliks volgens spesifieke voorbeelde bespreek, en die argument sal verder ontleed word volgens Fredrick Jameson se definisie van postmodernisme, soos verduidelik in sy artikel ‘Postmodernism and Consumer Society’. en_US
dc.format.extent 9 pages en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.citation Liebenberg-Barkhuizen, E 2009, 'Artists' books : a postmodern perspective', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 24, no. 2, pp 65-73. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17523
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Art en_US
dc.subject Book art en_US
dc.subject Postmodernism en_US
dc.subject Artists' books en_US
dc.subject Jameson, Fredrick, 1934- en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Art -- History -- 20th century en
dc.subject.lcsh Artists' books en
dc.subject.lcsh Postmodernism en
dc.title Artists' books : a postmodern perspective en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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