Theory Rules : : Art as Theory / Theory as Art / / ed. by Jody Berland, Will Straw, David Tomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bennett, Tony,; Berland, Jody,; Clark, Tim,; Dagenais, Francine,; Dominguez, Virginia R.,; Dowler, Kevin,; Duve, Thierry de,; Harlow, Barbara,; Hassan, Jamelie,; Marchessault, Janine,; Seaton, Elizabeth,; Straw, Will,; Tomas, David,; Wolff, Janet,
• HerausgeberIn: Berland, Jody,; Straw, Will,; Tomas, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)

In art theory, as in cultural life generally, there has a long been tension between theory and artistic practice. The desire to resolve these tensions has been a principal impulse shaping artistic work and criticism over the last century. The last decade has seen the emergence of a broad, interdisciplinary body of theoretical work with a distinctive relationship to artistic practice, providing a common reference in artworks to the principles and vocabularies of theory.The sixteen essays in this collection were originally presented at an international conference entitled `Art as Theory / Theory and Art,' held at the University of Ottawa in late 1991. The contributors - critics, curators, and practising artists from Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia, look at the current relationships between theory and practice in the fields of art, communication, and cultural studies from a wide range of viewpoints. Areas of interest include the institutionalization of theory, theories of vision, gender theory and feminist positions, and theory in a post-colonial context. This volume answers some important new questions about the points of intersection between theory and visual art.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Art as Theory / Theory and Art Conference -- Part 1: Context -- Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered -- Back to the Future: The Sequel -- Theorizing Culturalism: From Cultural Policies to Identity Politics and Back -- In Defence of the Realm: Public Controversy and the Apologetics of Art -- What Counts as Culture -- The Writing on the Wall -- Part 2: Identities -- Bodies of Theory, Bodies of Pain: Some Silences -- Imitating Authorities: Theory, Gender, and Photographic Discourse -- The Exclusions of Theory: Feminist Ambivalence in Art Practice and Criticism -- Part 3: Visions -- An Identity in Crisis: The Artist and New Technologies -- Spectatorship in Cyberspace: The Global Embrace -- The Sublime: The Limits of Vision and the Inflation of Commentary -- Introduction, Dissemination, and Education: Michel Foucault, “Integrated Intellectuals” and Writing on the Visual Arts in English Canada -- Synthetic Magic/Virtual Reality -- Art and Theory: The Politics of the Invisible -- Appendix: Statement of Concerns Sent to Presenters -- Notes on Contributors