Becoming animal /

Becoming animal /

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Imprint:	Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH, [2018] ©2018
Description:	287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Human beings in art -- Exhibitions. Animals in art -- Exhibitions. Human-animal relationships in art -- Exhibitions. Anthropomorphism in art -- Exhibitions. Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions. Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions. Animals in art. Anthropomorphism in art. Art, Modern -- Themes, motives. Human-animal relationships in art. Human beings in art. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11617241

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Other authors / contributors:	Carstensen, Claus, 1957- editor. Kristensen, Jens Tang, editor. Jørgensen, Thea Rydal, editor. Frie udstilling (Copenhagen, Denmark), host institution. Museet for religiøs kunst (Lemvig, Denmark), host institution.
ISBN:	9783775744669 3775744665
Notes:	"This publication is published in connection with the exhibition Becoming Animal--curated by Claus Carstensen at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, and the Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig"--Colophon. "The publication is a manifestation of Carstensen's long-term research into attempts to explain human existence in art history. ... The publication is research based, with eight peer-reviewed articles by leading scholars in the field"--Foreword. Includes bibliographical references.

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Summary:	Unlike animals, whose consciousness of their own existence differs from humans, humans experience life as a conscious function of death, painfully aware of the limitations of life and the emptiness lurking ahead. Becoming Animal explores the existential nature of human existence in a rich survey through Symbolism, Surrealism, Minimalism and contemporary art.This investigation builds from a literary and philosophical framework that addresses consciousness and the self. Through a series of apparently irreconcilable artistically and politically divergent movements, empty transcendence is confronted by the enduring concepts of eternity and utopia. Becoming Animal features artists such as Francisco de Goya, Alfred Kubin, Odilon Redon, Gardar Eide Einarsson and Werner Büttner and includes essays on emptiness and transcendence in modern and contemporary art.Exhibition:Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig, 12.5.-12.8.2018
Item Description:	"This publication is published in connection with the exhibition Becoming Animal--curated by Claus Carstensen at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, and the Museum of Religious Art, Lemvig"--Colophon. "The publication is a manifestation of Carstensen's long-term research into attempts to explain human existence in art history. ... The publication is research based, with eight peer-reviewed articles by leading scholars in the field"--Foreword.
Physical Description:	287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783775744669 3775744665