Circus Americanus - Rilegato

Rugoff, Ralph

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ISBN 10: 1859849822 ISBN 13: 9781859849828

Casa editrice: Verso Books, 1995

Riassunto

Circus Americanus is a riotous excursion through America’s changing visual landscape. Exploring its remote corners and bizarre byways, Ralph Rugoff takes us on a tour of theme park slums and mystical police cars, futurist war and the “aesthetics of safe chaos.” With an idiosyncratic eye for detail, he maps a culture in which “reality” has become just another theme, revealing an America much stranger than the glamorous kitsch of its surfaces. Whether he is writing about Las Vegas casinos, forensic cartoons, the enigma of Napoleon’s preserved penis or the aesthetics of sewage treatment, Rugoff considers everyday marvels with a concern for how we live together in a world beyond belief.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Ralph Rugoff is Director of the Hayward Gallery and was previously a Los Angeles art critic covering visual culture for LA Weekly.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Verso Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1859849822
• ISBN 13: 9781859849828
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 204
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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