Publication
The State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980’s
- Year
- 1987
- Publisher
- A Channel 4 Book and Production
- Authors / Editors
- Sandy Nairne
Sutapa Biswas, in Sandy Nairne, 1987. The State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980’s A Channel 4 production and publication, pp. 166, 233,236,190,193. ISBN: 0 7011 30873
'State of the Art is an investigation into the contemporary visual arts. Organised around six themes of History, Value, Imagination, Sexuality, Politics and Identity, the book examines the visual arts today within a broader framework of intellectual debate and social change, featuring work from Britain, Europe, Australia, and the United States. Incorporating extensive interview material, Sandy Nairne discusses the work of artists such as Jonathan Borofsky, Joseph Beuys, Howard Hodgkin, Mary Kelly, Leon Golub and Barbara Kruger. How are commercial and aesthetic values determined? What place do artists have in our understanding of the modern world? What is political in art? State of the Art considers these and other questions about the institutions of the art world and about itself. The book is concerned with the lesser-known artists and those working in unconventional media as with the celebrities of the galleries and museums.'