Body Language : Figurative Aspects of Recent Art

Smith, Roberta. Body Language : Figurative Aspects of Recent Art. Cambridge, MA: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts, 1982.

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Abstract (English)

Smith sketches some historical motivations for the revival of the figure in contemporary art, especially as reacting against the extended duration of the two radical movements of conceptual art and minimalism. Biographical notes on 21 American artists. Circa 100 bibl. ref.

Types: Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors: Smith, Roberta (Curator); Smith, Roberta (Author)
Dossier: 360 - M.I.T. LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER (Cambridge, MA)
Collation: [108] p. : 54 ill. ; 28 x 22 cm
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Cambridge, MA: MIT Committee on the Visual Arts
Artists: Armajani, Siah; Bartlett, Jennifer; Borofsky, Jonathan; Bosman, Richard; Brauntuch, Troy; Burton, Scott; Fisher, R.m.; Goodman, Ken; Ledoux, Barry; Longo, Robert; Mitchnik, Nancy; Nelson, Dona; Pfaff, Judy; Prince, Richard; Salle, David; Schnabel, Julian; Shapiro, Joel; Sherman, Cindy; Simmons, Laurie; Sullivan, Bill
Critics / Curators / Historians: Smith, Roberta
Art Organizations: Exhibition Centres > United States > M.i.t. List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge, MA)
Event Statement: Exhibition dates: 2 Oct. - 24 Dec. 1981, Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) ; 11 Sept. - 24 Oct. 1982, The Fort Worth Art Museum ; 12 Nov. - 17 Dec. 1982, University of South Florida Art Gallery (Tampa) ; 13 Jan. - 27 Feb. 1983, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati).
Keywords: FIGURATIVE ART
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Date Deposited: 23 Aug 1994
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2012 13:44
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/7324
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