Art and Performance

Eco Soma Pain and Joy in Speculative Performance Encounters Petra Kuppers 2021 Fall

Modeling a disability culture perspective on performance practice toward socially just futures

The Burden of Representation Essays on Photographies and Histories John Tagg 2021 Fall

A powerhouse in photographic theory—updated and with a new essay

Envisioning Evil “The Nazi Drawings” by Mauricio Lasansky Rachel McGarry 2021 Fall

The definitive study of this powerful series of drawings by the influential artist

Assuming the Ecosexual Position The Earth as Lover Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens 2021 Spring

The story of the artistic collaboration between the originators of the ecosex movement, their diverse communities, and the Earth

Art and Cosmotechnics Yuk Hui 2020 Spring

In light of current discourses on AI and robotics, what do the various experiences of art contribute to the rethinking of technology today?

B. J. O. Nordfeldt American Internationalist Gabriel Weisberg, Editor 2021 Spring

This “painter’s painter” constantly explored the variety of American modernist art, inspired by many locations and artistic styles

Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect Romi Crawford, Editor 2021 Spring

A collaboration of artists and writers commemorates a powerful symbol for social justice and freedom on Chicago’s South Side

The Speculative City Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles Susanna Phillips Newbury 2021 Spring

A forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles

Discomfort Food The Culinary Imagination in Late Nineteenth-Century French Art Marni Reva Kessler 2021 Spring

An intricate and provocative journey through nineteenth-century depictions of food and the often uncomfortable feelings they evoke

The Future History of Contemporary Chinese Art Peggy Wang 2021 Spring

A revelatory reclaiming of five iconic Chinese artists and their place in art history

Blackness in Morocco Gnawa Identity through Music and Visual Culture Cynthia J. Becker 2020 Fall

A groundbreaking study of Blackness in Morocco through the lens of visual representation

Practicing the Good Desire and Boredom in Soviet Socialism Keti Chukhrov 2020 Spring

A philosophical consideration of Soviet Socialism that reveals the hidden desire for capitalism in contemporary anticapitalist discourse and theory

Documents of Doubt The Photographic Conditions of Conceptual Art Heather Diack 2020 Spring

A major reassessment of photography’s pivotal role in 1960s conceptual art

Arrested Welcome Hospitality in Contemporary Art Irina Aristarkhova 2020 Spring

Interpreting the meaning of hospitality in an unwelcoming political moment

Piotr Szyhalski We Are Working All the Time! Diane Mullin, Editor 2020 Spring

The first comprehensive study of this innovative and interactive multimedia artist

University of Minnesota Press