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Abstract
By paying tribute to matter, materiality, and materialization, the examples of contemporary art assembled in What’s Next? Eco Materialism and Contemporary Art challenge the social, cultural, and ethical norms that prevailed in the twentieth century. This significant frontier of contemporary culture is identified as ‘Eco Materialism’ because it affirms the emergent philosophy of Neo Materialism and attends to the pragmatic urgency of environmentalism.
In this highly original book, Linda Weintraub surveys the work of forty international artists who present materiality as a strategy to convert society’s environmental neglect into responsible stewardship. These bold art initiatives, enriched by their associations with philosophy, ecology, and cultural critique, bear the hallmark of a significant new art movement. This accessible text, augmented with visuals, charts, and questionnaires, invites students and a wider readership to engage in this timely arena of contemporary art.
Linda Weintraub is an artist, curator, educator, and author of several popular books about contemporary art.
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Cover | Cover | ||
Half Title | i | ||
Title | iii | ||
Copyright | iv | ||
Contents | vi | ||
Acknowledgments | ix | ||
Preface: How Materiality Shaped This Book | xi | ||
Introduction: Where To Begin? | 1 | ||
Eco Material Allures & Repulsions : Secretions | 25 | ||
Fingernails | 29 | ||
Blood | 30 | ||
Placentas | 32 | ||
Sweat | 33 | ||
Tears | 34 | ||
Ear Wax | 36 | ||
Breast Milk | 37 | ||
Fat | 38 | ||
Spit | 39 | ||
Hair | 40 | ||
Feces | 41 | ||
Corpse | 45 | ||
Reader Interaction | 50 | ||
Archetypes Of Material Use & Disuse : Dirt | 53 | ||
Pet Archetype | 57 | ||
Sacred Archetype | 61 | ||
Hazard Archetype | 65 | ||
Specimen Archetype | 70 | ||
Resource Archetype | 76 | ||
Aesthetic Archetype | 81 | ||
Merchandise Archetype | 87 | ||
Reader Interaction | 94 | ||
Eco Material Operatives : People | 101 | ||
Do-It-Without-People | 104 | ||
Do-It-Yourself | 109 | ||
Do-It-As-Community | 116 | ||
Do-It-As-Troop | 123 | ||
Do-It-With-Site | 127 | ||
Reader Interaction | 132 | ||
Eco Material Tools : Fire | 139 | ||
Fire Burns | 146 | ||
Fire Melts Metals | 151 | ||
Fire Sinters | 157 | ||
Fire Cooks | 164 | ||
Reader Interaction | 173 | ||
Eco Material Creativity : Water | 179 | ||
Water Condenses | 185 | ||
Water Dissolves | 191 | ||
Water Forms Freshwater Biomes | 195 | ||
Water Provides Marine Habitats | 200 | ||
Water Inspires Reverence | 207 | ||
Reader Interaction | 214 | ||
Eco Material Technology : Electronics | 227 | ||
E-Energy Consumption | 231 | ||
E-Omnipresence | 236 | ||
E-Waste | 241 | ||
E-Systems | 248 | ||
E-Memory | 255 | ||
E-Prayer | 261 | ||
Reader Interaction | 267 | ||
What’s Next? | 271 | ||
Option 1: Desperation | 274 | ||
Option 2: Relocation | 280 | ||
Option 3: Recuperation | 287 | ||
Reader Interaction | 302 | ||
Suggested Readings | 311 | ||
Back Cover | Back Cover |