Discrepant abstraction / Kobena Mercer .
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TextSeries: Annotating art's historiesPublication details: London : Cambridge, Mass. : Institute of International Visual Arts ; MIT Press, ©2006 . Description: 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1899846433Subject(s): Art, Abstract | Art, Modern -- 20th centuryLOC classification: N6494.A2 | M47 2006Summary: Discrepant Abstraction is hybrid and partial, elusive and repetitive, obstinate and strange; it includes almost everything that does not neatly fit into the institutional narrative of abstract art as a monolithic quest for artistic 'purity'. Exploring cross-cultural scenarios in 20th-century art, this collection alters our understanding of abstract art as a signifier of modernity by revealing the multiple directions it has taken in diverse international contexts. Discrepant Abstraction is the second volume in the Annotating Art's Histories series .
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Discrepant Abstraction is hybrid and partial, elusive and repetitive, obstinate and strange; it includes almost everything that does not neatly fit into the institutional narrative of abstract art as a monolithic quest for artistic 'purity'. Exploring cross-cultural scenarios in 20th-century art, this collection alters our understanding of abstract art as a signifier of modernity by revealing the multiple directions it has taken in diverse international contexts. Discrepant Abstraction is the second volume in the Annotating Art's Histories series .
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