Plastic World
ISBN: 9783775754675
Author : Sebastian Baden
Published: 2023
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Number of pages: 256
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Author : Sebastian Baden
Published: 2023
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Number of pages: 256
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Description
THE ART OF PLASTIC
Plastic is everywhere. It permeates our everyday lives, is inexpensive and available worldwide. Thanks to their literally astonishing plasticity, plastics soon began to fascinate artists as well – both as a symptom and a symbol of mass culture. In the brief history of the “Plastic Age” the versatile substance transformed though: from the epitome of progress, utopian spirit, and democratization of consumerism into a threat.
Plastic World offers a broad panorama of the artistic use of plastic and a position towards a matter that matters to us all. Through more than 100 objects, assemblages, installations, environments and films by some 50 international artists, this catalogue explores a spectrum ranging from the euphoria of pop culture in the 1960s and the futuristic influence of the space age, to the “trash” works of Nouveau Realisme and the ecocritical positions of today.
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