CONCERNING CONSEQUENCES

The essays in this book focus primarily on performance art and photography. From war and environmental pollution to racism and sexua l assault, Stiles analyzes the consequences of trauma as seen in the works of artists like Marina Abramovic, Pope.L, and Chris Burde n. Assembling rich intellectual explorations on everything from Paleolithic paintings to the Bibles patriarchal legacies to documen tary images of nuclear explosions, Concerning Consequences explores how art can provide a distinctive means of understanding trauma and promot...[Read more]