»Deeply Superficial«

Mélanie-Chantal Deiss

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2015

»Deeply Superficial«

Andy Warhols Amerika-Images der 1950er und 1960er als Kulturkritik

Mélanie-Chantal Deiss

Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Volume 84 in the series Image

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839431726

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About this book

In place of the entanglement of person and work that so strongly marks the artistic work of Andy Warhol, and settles it in the usual Pop Art context, Mèlanie-Chantal Deiss locates it within the cultural context of America's post-war period. Viewed from this perspective, Warhol's work - which tends to be classified as superficial and ahistorical - exhibits unexpectedly serious engagements with concerns of the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout his image series, expressive, somewhat ambivalent narrative strands from America's post-war period unfurl, which transmit a concrete image, as a kind of written historical document. Warhol's visualized narration ultimately culminates in a cultural critique, which treats America not just as a stage of images, but also as site of contemplation of a cultural imaginary, in which art can critically and productively intervene.

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Mélanie-Chantal Deiss (lic. phil.), geb. 1976, hat an der Universität Zürich Germanistik und Anglistik studiert. Sie unterrichtet seit 2004 Deutsch und Englisch am Gymnasium.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Inhalt Open Access Download PDF	5
Vorwort Open Access Download PDF	7
Warhol made in USA Amerikanische Kultur und Kunst in den 1950ern und 1960ern Open Access Download PDF	9
Amusement Amerikanischer Life-Style in den 1950ern und 1960ern Open Access Download PDF	57
Think Prosperity, Have Prosperity Amerikanische Business-Kunst Open Access Download PDF	133
Bold and Beautiful Amerikanische Star-Fabrik Open Access Download PDF	187
TROUmatic Amerikanische Tragödie Open Access Download PDF	247
USA made by Warhol Amerikanische Kunst und Kultur sowie deren Nach- und Auswirkung Open Access Download PDF	295
Bibliografie und Abbildungsverzeichnis Open Access Download PDF	317
Backmatter Open Access Download PDF	329

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 332
Keywords: Pop Art; America; Post-war; Art; Cultural History; American Art; American Studies; Visual Studies; Fine Arts

eBook

Published: October 29, 2015
ISBN: 9783839431726