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But how is this strange mismatch of vigour and impersonality able to transform the body into an expressive medium for visual art?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on renowned artists such as Lygia Clark, Marina Abramović and Angelica Mesiti, Susan Best examines how bodies are configured in late modern and contemporary art. She identifies three main ways in which they are used as material and argues that these formulations allow for the exposure of pressing social and psychological issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn skilfully aligning this new typology for body art and performance with critical theory, Best raises questions pertaining to gender, inter-subjectivity, relation and community that continue to dominate both our artistic and cultural conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's Not Personal\u003c\/em\u003e challenges readers to explore these themes, providing a profound examination of how the human form remains a powerful element in artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000656052460,"sku":"9781350144149","price":119.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19353773482668.jpg?v=1763294264"},{"product_id":"reparative-aesthetics-by-susan-best-9781472529862","title":"Reparative Aesthetics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy offering a new way of thinking about the role of politically engaged art, Susan Best opens up a new aesthetic field: reparative aesthetics. 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Conceptually innovative and fiercely original, this book will move us beyond old political and cultural stalemates and into new terrain for analysis and reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000726733036,"sku":"9781472529862","price":63.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7436143482712.jpg?v=1763300771"},{"product_id":"visualizing-feeling-by-susan-best-9781780767093","title":"Visualizing Feeling","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs late modern art 'anti-aesthetic'? What does it mean to label a piece of art 'affectless'? These traditional characterisations of 1960s and 1970s art are radically challenged in this subversive art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy introducing feeling to the analysis of this period, Susan Best acknowledges the radical and exploratory nature of art in late modernism. \u003cem\u003eVisualizing Feeling\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on four highly influential female artists—Eva Hesse, Lygia Clark, Ana Mendieta and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha—and explores how their art transformed established avant-garde protocols by introducing an affective dimension. This aspect of their work, while often noted, has never before been analysed in detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVisualizing Feeling\u003c\/em\u003e also addresses a methodological blind spot in art history: the interpretation of feeling, emotion and affect. It demonstrates that the affective dimension, alongside other materials and methods of art, is part of the artistic means of production and innovation. 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