Materials, Practices, and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antje Krause-Wahl, Petra Löffler, Änne Söll.
• Editors: Krause-Wahl, Antje; Löffler, Petra; Söll, Änne
• Contents: AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsList of IllustrationsIntroduction, Antje Krause-Wahl (Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany), Petra Löffler (Humboldt-University, Germany) and Änne Söll (Ruhr-University, Germany)Part I: Dissemination of Shine (in Popular Culture)1. Gloss for all: Shiny Cars and Bemberg Silk in the 1920s, Monika Wagner (University of Hamburg, Germany)2. Flickering Lights: Shine and Diversion in Weimar Cinema, Petra Löffler (Humboldt-University, Germany)3. Matte Black/Pan Cake: On the Negation of Shine, Tom Holert (Harun Farocki Institute, Germany)Part II: Temporalities of Shine within Material Cultures: Between Nostalgia, Appropriation and Expropriation4. Fabric of Light, Surface of Displacement: Lamé and its Shine in Early Twentieth-Century French Fashion, Mei Mei Rado (Parsons School of Design, USA)5. Gleam: Rebranding Big Steel in Post-war America, Nicolas Maffei (Norwich University of the Arts, UK)6. The Sheen of Shellac: From Reflective Material to Self-Reflective Medium, Elodie Roy (University of Glasgow, UK)Part III: Glimmer, Sparkle, Glitter – Performing Queer Identities 7. All that Sparkles and Shines: Deco, Dissidence and the Design of Glamorous Modern Interiors, John Potvin (Concordia University, Canada)8. Cosmic Surfaces: Materiality and Portraiture in Queer Modernism, Antje Krause-Wahl (Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany)9. Double Shiny: Leigh Bowery's costume design for Because We Must (1987/1989), Alistair O'Neil (Central St. Martins, UK)10. 'Inevitable Plastic Palace': A Surface Reading of Andy Warhol's Factory, Barbara Reisinger (University of Vienna, Austria)Part IV: Shiny Surfaces in the Art of the 1960s (and beyond)11. Against the Biological Metaphor: Robert Smithson's Crystalline Figuration, Eva Ehninger (Humboldt University, Germany)12. Shiny, Glossy and Smooth: Commodity Surfaces in 1960s and 70s Painting, Christian Spies (University of Cologne, Germany)13. Finish Fetish: Judy Chicago in L.A., Kathrin Rottmann (Ruhr-University, Germany)14. Shine on: The Mirror Ball as Art Object, Änne Söll (Ruhr-Universität, Germany)Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: Precious metal, precious stones & jewellery: artworks & design; Decorative arts; Decorative wood & metalwork; Art -- General; Design -- Decorative Arts; Design -- Essays; Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350192911; 1350192910
• Related ISBNs: 9781350192898
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