{"product_id":"the-turn-to-provisionality-in-contemporary-art-negative-work-paperback","title":"The Turn to Provisionality in Contemporary Art: Negative Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaphael Rubinstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his influential essay \"Provisional Painting,\" Raphael Rubinstein applied the term \"provisional\" to contemporary painters whose work looked intentionally casual, dashed-off, tentative, unfinished or self-cancelling; who appeared to have deliberately turned away from \"strong\" painting for something that seemed to constantly risk failure or inconsequence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of essays, Rubinstein expands the scope of his original article by surveying the historical and philosophical underpinnings of provisionality in recent visual art, as well as examining the works of individual artists in detail. He also engages crucial texts by Samuel Beckett and philosopher Gianni Vattimo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-examining several decades of painting practices, Rubinstein argues that provisionality, in all its many forms, has been both a foundational element in the history of modern art and the encapsulation of an attitude that is profoundly contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaphael Rubinstein\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Houston, USA. He is a New York based art critic and in 2002, the French government presented him with the award of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2010, his blog The Silo won a Creative Capital\/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. In 2014 The Silo was given a Best Blog Award of Excellence by the International Association of Art Critics. In April 2017, \u003ci\u003eThe Miraculous: Houston\u003c\/i\u003e, a public-art installation by artist and wife Heather Bause Rubinstein, based on his book \u003ci\u003eThe Miraculous, \u003c\/i\u003e debuted as part of the CounterCurrent Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461155733757,"sku":"9781350243750","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/D9SrEUQgb59781350243750.webp?v=1777256760","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-turn-to-provisionality-in-contemporary-art-negative-work-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}