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Life and Death

O'Kane, Paul (2013) Life and Death. Art Monthly (365). ISSN 0142-6702

Type of Research: Article
Creators: O'Kane, Paul
Description:

Feature article relating art to matters of life and death.

If art in secular societies plays some part in defining humanity, how have artists such as John Akomfrah, Nick Broomfield and Patrick Keiller met the challenges laid forth by globalisation's increasingly pervasive and invasive brand of technocapitalism?

'When, occasionally, the shameful excesses, inadequacies and inequalities underpinning consumerism are glimpsed in news media, these "shocking facts" become yet more fleeting images, commodified emotions of momentary indignation and injustice.'

Official Website: http://www.artmonthly.co.uk/magazine/site/issue/april-2013
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: Brittania Art Publications Ltd
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > Central Saint Martins
Date: April 2013
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2016 17:46
Last Modified: 09 Jan 2017 14:28
Item ID: 10510
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/10510

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