Heiferman, Marvin; Phillips, Lisa; Hanhardt, John G..
Image World : Art and Media Culture.
New York, NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989.
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Abstract (English)
Defining media images as a pervasive social reality, the authors outline the history of media images and their social impact. The artists' use of these images both as subject and strategy in their photography, video and filmwork is discussed. Includes a chronology of technological developments and political and social events in art and the media. Circa 190 bibl. ref.