DAMAGE CONTROL

Timely and wide-ranging, this volume explores in-depth the theme of destruction in international contemporary art. While destruction as a theme can be traced throughout art history, from the early atomic age it has remained a pervasive and compelling element of co ntemporary visual culture. Damage Control features the work of more than 40 international artists working in a range of media--paint ing, sculpture, photography, film, installation, and performance--who have used destruction as a means of responding to their histor ical mom...[Read more]