ebooks Waterfall: Nature and Culture (Earth) by Brian Hudson in Arts-Photography

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In The Postmodern Animal; Steve Baker explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance; and in postmodern philosophy and literature; to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. Baker cogently analyses the work of such European and American artists as Olly and Suzi; Mark Dion; Paula Rego and Sue Coe; at the same time looking critically at the constructions; performances and installations of Robert Rauschenberg; Louise Bourgeois; Joseph Beuys and other significant late twentieth-century artists. Bakers book draws parallels between the animals place in postmodern art and poststructuralist theory; drawing on works as diverse as Jacques Derridas recent analysis of the role of animals in philosophical thought and Julian Barness best-selling Flauberts Parrot.