Design and Crime

And Other Diatribes

Hal Foster

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English

Verso Books
10 January 2011

Theory of art; Social & political philosophy; Cultural studies

Series: Radical Thinkers Set 05

In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle-architecture and the rise of global cities, Hal Foster surveys our new political economy of design. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime explores the historical relations of modern art and modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.

By: Hal Foster
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Volume: Set 5
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781844676705
ISBN 10: 1844676706
Series: Radical Thinkers Set 05
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 January 2011
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hal Foster is the author of numerous books, including The Art-Architecture Complex, The First Pop Age: Painting and Subjectivity in the Art of Hamilton, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Richter, and Ruscha, Bad New Days: Art, Criticism, Emergency, and, with Richard Serra, Conversations about Sculpture. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he delivered the 2018 Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery in Washington. He teaches at Princeton University, co-edits the journal October, and contributes regularly to the London Review of Books.

Reviews for Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)

Foster is spot-on ... exactly the kind of book the design world should want. * Bookforum * Elegant and incisive essays. * Boston Review * In a polite and even schmoozy art world, Foster stands out for being willing to make barbed comments on design gods. * National Post * Foster makes a lot of sense. * Village Voice *