Art and Performance

Becoming Past History in Contemporary Art Jane Blocker 2015 Fall

A brilliantly argued call for the presence of time and history in art today

The Art of Wonder Inspiration, Creativity, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Editor 2015 Fall

The setup was open-ended and deceptively simple: muse about art and the nature of creativity and wonder

Barry Le Va The Aesthetic Aftermath Michael Maizels 2015 Fall

A pioneering study of one of contemporary art’s most compelling artists—and a new window on an era of social unrest

Barnstorming the Prairies How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest Jason Weems 2015 Fall

How flight led to a new view of the Midwest, making it the center of the nation in more ways than one

Singular Images, Failed Copies William Henry Fox Talbot and the Early Photograph Vered Maimon 2015 Fall

Reassessing what early photography meant to its makers and viewers

Biko’s Ghost The Iconography of Black Consciousness Shannen L. Hill 2015 Spring

Traces the profound visual legacy of the life and politics of South African activist Stephen Biko

Art Labor, Sex Politics Feminist Effects in 1970s British Art and Performance Siona Wilson 2015 Spring

Sex and labor politics in feminist-engaged, avant-garde artistic practices in 1970s London

Scenes of Projection Recasting the Enlightenment Subject Jill H. Casid 2014 Fall

Explores the psychic, affective, and material powers of projection

Bauhaus Weaving Theory From Feminine Craft to Mode of Design T’ai Smith 2014 Fall

Considers the role of the Bauhaus school’s weaving workshop in debates about craft and medium

Luis Cruz Azaceta Alejandro Anreus 2014 Fall

The first major book on this Cuban American artist

Nauman Reiterated Janet Kraynak 2014 Spring

What unifies the work of Bruce Nauman?

Against Affective Formalism Matisse, Bergson, Modernism Todd Cronan 2013 Spring

Close examinations of the works of Henri Matisse and Henri Bergson reveal problems of form and agency, expression and affect, representation and reality that are still in effect today

Quotational Practices Repeating the Future in Contemporary Art Patrick Greaney 2014 Spring

Resituates quotation as an aesthetic practice

T. L. Solien Toward the Setting Sun Colleen J. Sheehy, Elizabeth A. Schultz, Michael Duncan and Erika Doss, Editors 2013 Fall

A Midwestern artist’s contemporary approach to iconic events of American culture

Pepón Osorio Jennifer A. González 2013 Fall

Explores the award-winning Puerto Rican artist whose work challenges common myths of society and human relationships

Coming soon

University of Minnesota Press

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