Objects in This Mirror

Brian Dillon

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Sternberg Press
01 April 2011

Theory of art; Language: reference & general; Prose: non-fiction

Objects in This Mirror is a collection of essays on contemporary art, literature, landscape, aesthetics, and cultural history. Beginning with a polemical and personal defense of generalism and curiosity, Brian Dillon explores the variety of themes it is possible today to corral within the rubric of the critical essay. These pieces engage with the work of such artists as Tacita Dean, Gerard Byrne, Andy Warhol, and Sophie Calle; with the ruinous territories that haunt the work of Robert Smithson and Derek Jarman; with the ambiguous figures of the charlatan, the vandal, the hypochondriac, and the dandy. Taking seriously the playful remit of the essay as form, Dillon treats of compelling obscurities- gesture manuals of the nineteenth century, the history of antidepressant marketing, the search for a cure to the common cold. Whether his topic is the nature of slapstick, his love of the writings of Roland Barthes, or the genre of the essay itself, he is as much concerned with the form of criticism today as with its varied and digressive subjects.

By: Brian Dillon
Imprint: Sternberg Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 121mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9781934105795
ISBN 10: 1934105791
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Dillon's books include Essayism, In the Dark Room, Objects in This Mirror, and Sanctuary. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, the Guardian, frieze, and Artforum. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Queen Mary, University of London, and Visiting Professor in Writing at the Royal College of Art.

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Objects in This Mirror

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