<![CDATA[The Book Company: New Products - Criticism & Theory]]> https://www.thebookco.com Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:34 +0000 <![CDATA[Fragmented Modernity (Art and the Politics of Form)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/fragmented-modernity-9783689243173 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:30:11 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/fragmented-modernity-9783689243173 Fragmented Modernity (Art and the Politics of Form) by Chara Kolokytha, 9783689243173

Fragmented Modernity offers a critical reappraisal of interwar modernism, challenging the assumption that its pluralism was a lived historical reality. Through an analysis of French cultural institutions, independent salons, private academies, critical discourse and market dynamics, it..

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]]> Fragmented Modernity (Art and the Politics of Form) by Chara Kolokytha, 9783689243173

Fragmented Modernity offers a critical reappraisal of interwar modernism, challenging the assumption that its pluralism was a lived historical reality. Through an analysis of French cultural institutions, independent salons, private academies, critical discourse and market dynamics, it..

Price: $119.99

]]> Fragmented Modernity offers a critical reappraisal of interwar modernism, challenging the assumption that its pluralism was a lived historical reality. Through an analysis of French cultural institutions, independent salons, private academies, critical discourse and market dynamics, it..]]> <![CDATA[Rethinking Transcultural Interactions in Visual Art]]> https://www.thebookco.com/rethinking-transcultural-interactions-in-visual-art-9783689242459 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:28:10 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/rethinking-transcultural-interactions-in-visual-art-9783689242459 Rethinking Transcultural Interactions in Visual Art by Gunhild Ravn Borggreen, Mette Højsgaard, Kristine Sandal Hansen, 9783689242459

This book examines the transcultural and global turn in art research as well as in curatorial and artistic practice. Bringing together contributions from scholars, curators, and artists, the volume approaches transculturation as a critical lens for understanding the complex flows of people, obj..

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]]> Rethinking Transcultural Interactions in Visual Art by Gunhild Ravn Borggreen, Mette Højsgaard, Kristine Sandal Hansen, 9783689242459

This book examines the transcultural and global turn in art research as well as in curatorial and artistic practice. Bringing together contributions from scholars, curators, and artists, the volume approaches transculturation as a critical lens for understanding the complex flows of people, obj..

Price: $108.99

]]> This book examines the transcultural and global turn in art research as well as in curatorial and artistic practice. Bringing together contributions from scholars, curators, and artists, the volume approaches transculturation as a critical lens for understanding the complex flows of people, obj..]]> <![CDATA[Ways of meaning (Terms and conditions for art and technology)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/ways-of-meaning-9781807070366 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:42:34 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/ways-of-meaning-9781807070366 An essential guide to the shifting vocabulary of art and technology, written by leading women artists and scholars.

The discourse around art and technology is saturated with hype cycles, accelerating innovation and proliferating terminologies. But what do our words reveal – and what do ..

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]]> An essential guide to the shifting vocabulary of art and technology, written by leading women artists and scholars.

The discourse around art and technology is saturated with hype cycles, accelerating innovation and proliferating terminologies. But what do our words reveal – and what do ..

Price: $140.00

]]> An essential guide to the shifting vocabulary of art and technology, written by leading women artists and scholars.

The discourse around art and technology is saturated with hype cycles, accelerating innovation and proliferating terminologies. But what do our words reveal – and what do ..]]> <![CDATA[Walking with the enemy (The art of subversive mimicry in the post-truth era)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/walking-with-the-enemy-9781526169488 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:09:25 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/walking-with-the-enemy-9781526169488 Walking with the enemy (The art of subversive mimicry in the post-truth era) by Gediminas Gasparavicius, Maia Toteva, Tom Williams, 9781526169488

This book is about artists and activists who have embraced mimicry as a subversive tactic. Bringing together the contributions of seventeen writers, it addresses the ways in which artists have responded to power and ideology by imitating its outward forms. These contributors address in particul..

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]]> Walking with the enemy (The art of subversive mimicry in the post-truth era) by Gediminas Gasparavicius, Maia Toteva, Tom Williams, 9781526169488

This book is about artists and activists who have embraced mimicry as a subversive tactic. Bringing together the contributions of seventeen writers, it addresses the ways in which artists have responded to power and ideology by imitating its outward forms. These contributors address in particul..

Price: $140.00

]]> This book is about artists and activists who have embraced mimicry as a subversive tactic. Bringing together the contributions of seventeen writers, it addresses the ways in which artists have responded to power and ideology by imitating its outward forms. These contributors address in particul..]]> <![CDATA[Model collapse (European contemporary art in a time of democratic crisis)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/model-collapse-9781526177568 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:04:10 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/model-collapse-9781526177568 Model collapse (European contemporary art in a time of democratic crisis) by Lindsay Caplan, Kerry Greaves, 9781526177568

A ground-breaking exploration of how art responds to democratic crisis.

Is democracy over? Did we ever really have it? Most people would agree that today democracy finds itself in crisis. As this crisis has intensified, art has emerged as an important means of experimenting with new demo..

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]]> Model collapse (European contemporary art in a time of democratic crisis) by Lindsay Caplan, Kerry Greaves, 9781526177568

A ground-breaking exploration of how art responds to democratic crisis.

Is democracy over? Did we ever really have it? Most people would agree that today democracy finds itself in crisis. As this crisis has intensified, art has emerged as an important means of experimenting with new demo..

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]]> A ground-breaking exploration of how art responds to democratic crisis.

Is democracy over? Did we ever really have it? Most people would agree that today democracy finds itself in crisis. As this crisis has intensified, art has emerged as an important means of experimenting with new demo..]]> <![CDATA[Fashion in theory (Historicization, subjectivity and practice)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/fashion-in-theory-9781526175069 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:56:25 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/fashion-in-theory-9781526175069 Fashion in theory (Historicization, subjectivity and practice) by Marco Pecorari, 9781526175069

For Spring Summer 2020, Gucci showed a collection questioning identity politics and capitalism. Rather than the usual explanation of the material, shapes or inspirations behind the collection, the press release handed out at the show quoted the philosopher Michel Foucault and questioned the ver..

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]]> Fashion in theory (Historicization, subjectivity and practice) by Marco Pecorari, 9781526175069

For Spring Summer 2020, Gucci showed a collection questioning identity politics and capitalism. Rather than the usual explanation of the material, shapes or inspirations behind the collection, the press release handed out at the show quoted the philosopher Michel Foucault and questioned the ver..

Price: $150.00

]]> For Spring Summer 2020, Gucci showed a collection questioning identity politics and capitalism. Rather than the usual explanation of the material, shapes or inspirations behind the collection, the press release handed out at the show quoted the philosopher Michel Foucault and questioned the ver..]]> <![CDATA[A Practice of Pleasure (Joanna Frueh's performances and writings, 2005-2011)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/a-practice-of-pleasure-9781526189318 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:55:35 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/a-practice-of-pleasure-9781526189318 A Practice of Pleasure (Joanna Frueh's performances and writings, 2005-2011) by Joanna Frueh, Marsha Meskimmon, 9781526189318A Practice of Pleasure is an intimate and panoramic entrée into the life and work of Joanna Frueh (1948-2020), an art historian and performance practitioner for whom life and art were inseparable. Written during a key transitional moment in her life and work (2005-2012), the volume makes available..

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]]> A Practice of Pleasure (Joanna Frueh's performances and writings, 2005-2011) by Joanna Frueh, Marsha Meskimmon, 9781526189318A Practice of Pleasure is an intimate and panoramic entrée into the life and work of Joanna Frueh (1948-2020), an art historian and performance practitioner for whom life and art were inseparable. Written during a key transitional moment in her life and work (2005-2012), the volume makes available..

Price: $130.00

]]> <![CDATA[Useful Art (How activist artists can change the world)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/useful-art-9781526181541 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:51:17 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/useful-art-9781526181541 Useful Art (How activist artists can change the world) by John Byrne, 9781526181541

This smart, provocative book reveals how Useful Art is changing the world.

Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? In this cutting-edge book, John Byrne shows how the concept of ‘Useful Art’ is helping artists and communities fight back against the neoliberal ta..

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]]> Useful Art (How activist artists can change the world) by John Byrne, 9781526181541

This smart, provocative book reveals how Useful Art is changing the world.

Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? In this cutting-edge book, John Byrne shows how the concept of ‘Useful Art’ is helping artists and communities fight back against the neoliberal ta..

Price: $130.00

]]> This smart, provocative book reveals how Useful Art is changing the world.

Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? In this cutting-edge book, John Byrne shows how the concept of ‘Useful Art’ is helping artists and communities fight back against the neoliberal ta..]]> <![CDATA[Cases of citation (On literature in art)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/cases-of-citation-on-literature-in-art-9781526173188 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:32:20 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/cases-of-citation-on-literature-in-art-9781526173188 Cases of citation (On literature in art) by Chloë Julius, Michael Green, Matthew Holman, 9781526173188

Cases of citation presents a history of artists who incorporated literary references into their work from the 1960s onwards.

Through a series of object-focused chapters that each take up a singular ‘case of citation’, the collection considers how literary citation emerged as a via..

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]]> Cases of citation (On literature in art) by Chloë Julius, Michael Green, Matthew Holman, 9781526173188

Cases of citation presents a history of artists who incorporated literary references into their work from the 1960s onwards.

Through a series of object-focused chapters that each take up a singular ‘case of citation’, the collection considers how literary citation emerged as a via..

Price: $140.00

]]> Cases of citation presents a history of artists who incorporated literary references into their work from the 1960s onwards.

Through a series of object-focused chapters that each take up a singular ‘case of citation’, the collection considers how literary citation emerged as a via..]]> <![CDATA[Art and knowledge after 1900 (Interactions between modern art and thought)]]> https://www.thebookco.com/art-and-knowledge-after-1900-9781526164261 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:09:31 +0000 https://www.thebookco.com/art-and-knowledge-after-1900-9781526164261 Art and knowledge after 1900 (Interactions between modern art and thought) by James Fox, Vid Simoniti, 9781526164261This ground-breaking new history of modern art explores the relationship between art and knowledge from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. Each chapter examines artistic responses to a particular discipline of knowledge, from quantum theory and theosophy to cybernetics and ..

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]]> Art and knowledge after 1900 (Interactions between modern art and thought) by James Fox, Vid Simoniti, 9781526164261This ground-breaking new history of modern art explores the relationship between art and knowledge from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. Each chapter examines artistic responses to a particular discipline of knowledge, from quantum theory and theosophy to cybernetics and ..

Price: $130.00

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