Health by Barbara Rodriguez Munoz - ISBN: 9780262539463
Paperback
Art confronts health, illness, and identity in a world obsessed with wellness.

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    8 December 2020

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Summary

In an era of diet pills, rising antidepressant usage, yoga, and health-management apps, wellness is one of the defining issues of contemporary life, affecting every intimate aspect of our lives. Historically, art has been entwined with the values of medicine, beauty, and the productive body that have defined Western scientific paradigms. Contemporary artists are increasingly confronting and reshaping these ideologies, drawing on the vexed experiences surrounding questions of health and identi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262539463
ISBN-10:0262539462
Author:Barbara Rodriguez Munoz
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:8 December 2020
Weight:573g
Dimensions:211mm x 151mm x 25mm
Series:Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art
About The Author

Barbara Rodriguez Munoz

Barbara Rodriguez Munoz is a writer and Curator of Temporary Exhibitions at Wellcome Collection, London. Her exhibitions include Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery- Misbehaving Bodies (cocurated with George Vasey, 2019-20). She has written for Afterall, Concreta, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, and Mousse Publishing.

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