Postsensual Aesthetics by James Voorhies - ISBN: 9780262047609
Hardcover
Art today: Experience goes beyond senses, engaging mind and knowledge.

Postsensual Aesthetics

On the Logic of the Curatorial

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  • Hardcover

    152 pages

  • Release Date

    28 March 2023

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Summary

Contemporary art exhibitions appeal to cognition as well as the senses, modeling a new and expansive understanding of global aesthetics. In this original work of aesthetic theory, James Voorhies argues that we live in the shadow of old ways of thinking about art that emphasize the immediate visual experience of an autonomous art object. But theory must change as artistic and curatorial production has changed. It should encompass the full range of activities through which we encounter art and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262047609
ISBN-10:0262047608
Author:James Voorhies
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:152
Release Date:28 March 2023
Weight:567g
Dimensions:203mm x 133mm
About The Author

James Voorhies

James Voorhies is an American curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. He has authored several books including Postsensual Aesthetics- On the Logic of the Curatorial (MIT Press, 2023) and Beyond Objecthood- The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press, 2017); he is coeditor of a two-volume catalogue raisonne of the work of American artist Tony Smith, and editor of two companion volumes of essays and projects related to Smith (all MIT Press, 2024-2025).

Voorhies is based New York, has taught at Bennington College and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from the Ohio State University, USA.

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