Gothic: Transmutations of Horror in Late Twentieth Century Art

ISBN-10: 0262071843
ISBN-13: 9780262071840
Category: Art / History / General
Pages: 219
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Art
Author: Christoph Grunenberg

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As the 20th century draws to a close, there is a Gothic theme penetrating much of contemporary art and culture. In the 1990s, American and European artists have moved increasingly towards the dark and uncanny side of the human psyche - the theatrical and grotesque, the violent and destructive.

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