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- catalog abstract "One of the most significant art critics of the late 20th century, Christopher Knight has developed an entirely new approach to American art and culture. His journalistic writings have a clear line of argument, humor, and a Pop sensibility. With a highly developed ethical code and historical depth, they assert that art is essential to a free and democratic society. The subjects of Knight's 129 jargon-free essays collected here range from African-American textiles and the AIDS Memorial Quilt to the Vatican art collection and the NEA scandal; from Rembrandt van Rijn and Edouard Manet to Edward Ruscha and Mike Kelley. Throughout, Knight puts up a radical defense of images alongside a searing critique of cultural and political institutions. Knight has widened the lens of traditional art criticism, analyzing institutional presentations of exhibitions as a theater critic might: He discusses direction, sets, and plot, letting the public in on information usually possessed only by art-world insiders. Underlying it all is an alternative history of contemporary art, as Knight examines the intricate connections between the fine and popular arts, as seen through this country's first suburban sprawl - Los Angeles.".
- catalog contributor b8902627.
- catalog contributor b8902628.
- catalog contributor b8902629.
- catalog contributor b8902630.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-406) and index.".
- catalog description "Knight has widened the lens of traditional art criticism, analyzing institutional presentations of exhibitions as a theater critic might: He discusses direction, sets, and plot, letting the public in on information usually possessed only by art-world insiders. Underlying it all is an alternative history of contemporary art, as Knight examines the intricate connections between the fine and popular arts, as seen through this country's first suburban sprawl - Los Angeles.".
- catalog description "One of the most significant art critics of the late 20th century, Christopher Knight has developed an entirely new approach to American art and culture. His journalistic writings have a clear line of argument, humor, and a Pop sensibility. With a highly developed ethical code and historical depth, they assert that art is essential to a free and democratic society. The subjects of Knight's 129 jargon-free essays collected here range from African-American textiles and the AIDS Memorial Quilt to the Vatican art collection and the NEA scandal; from Rembrandt van Rijn and Edouard Manet to Edward Ruscha and Mike Kelley. Throughout, Knight puts up a radical defense of images alongside a searing critique of cultural and political institutions.".
- catalog extent "xix, 420 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Last chance for Eden.".
- catalog identifier "0963726420".
- catalog identifier "0963726447 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Last chance for Eden.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Los Angeles : Art Issues Press,".
- catalog relation "Last chance for Eden.".
- catalog subject "700 20".
- catalog subject "Art criticism.".
- catalog subject "Art.".
- catalog subject "Artists.".
- catalog subject "N7445.2 .K58 1995".
- catalog title "Last chance for Eden : selected art criticism by Christopher Knight, 1979-1994 / edited by Malin Wilson ; foreword by Dave Hickey.".
- catalog type "text".