Art & design styles: from c 1960

Ways of Looking

How to Experience Contemporary Art

by Ossian Ward

Description

Art has changed. Familiar styles and movements that characterized art production prior to the twenty-first century have all vanished. Traditional artistic media no longer do what we expect of them. Ways of Looking provides a six-step programme for understanding contemporary art based on the concept of the tabula rasa — a clean slate and a fresh mind. It transforms a potentially intimidating encounter with cutting-edge art into a dramatic, sensually rewarding and thought-provoking experience.

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All rights available excluding Chinese complex, Chinese simplified, German, Korean

Author Biography

Ossian Ward is Head of Content at the Lisson Gallery. He was previously chief art critic at Time Out London.

Laurence King Publishing Ltd

Laurence King Publishing Ltd

Who we are Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts. Our books are acclaimed for their inventiveness, beautiful design and authoritative texts, as well as the care taken over their production.With approximately 40 staff members, we are based in Islington in London. What we do We publish books for students, professionals and the general consumer on advertising, architecture, art, fashion & textiles, film & animation, graphic design, interior design, photography and product design. We also have a growing internally acclaimed illustrated list for children. In 2011 we launched our first gift products. Reflecting the design and production skills we’ve learnt over the last 20 years, they come from the relationships we’ve developed with some of the world’s best illustrators and designers.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Laurence King Publishing
  • Publication Date September 2014
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781780671932
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 9.95 GBP
  • Pages176
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions225x140 mm
  • Illustration91 colour
  • SeriesAn Elephant Book

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