The Scar of Visibility

The Scar of Visibility
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 1452909156
ISBN-13 : 9781452909158
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Book Synopsis The Scar of Visibility by : Petra Küppers

Download or read book The Scar of Visibility written by Petra Küppers and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Scar of Visibility, Petra Kuppers examines the use of medical imagery practices in contemporary art, as well as different arts of everyday life. Among the works she investigates are the controversial Body Worlds exhibition of plastinized corpses, films like David Cronenbergs Crash that fetishize body wounds, representations of the AIDS virus on CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, and the paintings of outsider artist Martin Ram'rez.


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