Kathryn Yusoff

Andrew Patrizio

Rona Lee

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Rona Lee: That Oceanic Feeling, John Hansard Gallery, 28t August - 13 October 2012." -- tp. verso.

That Oceanic Feeling

In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the history of art? Building on the latest work in the discipline, this book provides the blueprint for an 'ecocritical art history', one that is prepared to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, climate change and global warming. Without ignoring its own histories, the book looks beyond - at politics, posthumanism, new materialism, feminism, queer theory and critical animal studies - invigorating the art historical practices of the future.

Assembling an Ecocritical Art History

The Ecological Eye

In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the history of art? Building on the latest work in the discipline, this book provides the blueprint for an ‘ecocritical art history’, one that is prepared to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, climate change and global warming. Without ignoring its own histories, the book looks beyond – at politics, posthumanism, new materialism, feminism, queer theory and critical animal studies – invigorating the art-historical practices of the future.

Assembling an ecocritical art history

The ecological eye

Stefan Gec

Stefan Gec is an artist whose work has been gaining critical acclaim with his site-specific installations across North America and Europe. Drawing on his Ukrainian heritage, Gec's work primarily deals with issues of migration and displacement, using the sea as a metaphor to reflect on political concerns and questions. In post Cold War Europe, Gec draws on the now obsolete symbols of destruction, such as nuclear submarines, to create new, poetic structures.

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