Invisible Colors
The Arts of the Atomic Age
- Hardcover
424 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2019
Summary
How art makes visible what had been invisible-the effects of radiation, the lives of atomic bomb survivors, and the politics of the atomic age.The effects of radiation are invisible, but art can make it and its effects visible. Artwork created in response to the events of the nuclear era allow us to see them in a different way. In Invisible Colors, Gabrielle Decamous explores the atomic age from the perspective of the arts, investigating atomic-related art inspired by the work of Marie Curie,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262038546 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262038544 |
| Author: | Gabrielle Decamous |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 962g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Invisible Colors |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
As Invisible Colors brilliantly argues, art and humanities must keep the nuclear memory radioactive and alive. Because recording and remembering are also political acts.
—We Make Money Not ArtA well-researched, scholarly contribution to the literature of the postatomic world, this book will become the go-to resource for scholars exploring political activism in the arts as they pertain to the nuclear question.
—ChoiceAbout The Author
Gabrielle Decamous
Gabrielle Decamous is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. She has taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was the recipient of a Hilla Rebay International Fellowship, working with curators at museums in New York, Bilbao, and Venice and the recipient of a KAKENHI (Grants-in-aid for ScientificResearch) in Japan.
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