Contemporary Art and Classical MythIsabelle Loring Wallace, Jennie Hirsh Moving beyond the notion of illustration, the essays assembled here adopt a range of methodological frameworks, from iconography to deconstruction, and do so across an impressive range of artists and objects. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PROLOGUE | 10 |
The Mythography of Cy Twombly | 43 |
Art is Glimpsed | 57 |
The Visions of Yayoi Kusama | 87 |
The Porous Space of Bracha L Ettingers Eurydices | 111 |
Double Take or Theorizing Reflection in Felix GonzalezTorres | 135 |
Lichtensteins Narcissus | 159 |
The Falling Man and the Survival of Antiquity | 199 |
Thoughts on Wim Delvoyes Cloaca Project | 217 |
Duane Hansons Uncanny Realism | 245 |
Over and Over Again and Again | 267 |
Video Art in the House of Hades | 295 |
The Sphinx Unwinds Her Own Sweet Self | 313 |
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