Schizogenesis: The Art of Rosemarie Trockel Contributor(s): Guinness, Katherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517905583 ISBN-13: 9781517905583 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Women Artists - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Art | European |
Dewey: 700.92 |
LCCN: 2019017204 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8" (0.79 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A deep analysis of an enigmatic artist whose oeuvre opens new spaces for understanding feminism, the body, and identity Schizogenesis is a fission-like form of asexual reproduction in which new organisms are created but no original is left behind. Author Katherine Guinness applies it in surprising and insightful ways to the career of an artist who has continually reimagined herself and her artistic vision. Drawing on the philosophies of feminists such as Simone de Beauvoir, Shulamith Firestone, and Monique Wittig, Guinness argues that Trockel's varied output of painting, fabric, sculpture, film, and performance is best seen as opening a space that is peculiarly feminist yet not contained by dominant articulations of feminism. Utilizing a wide range of historical and popular knowledge--from Baader Meinhof to Pinocchio, poodles, NASA, and Brecht--Katherine Guinness gives us the associative and ever-branching readings that Trockel's art requires. With a spirit for pursuing the surprising and the obscure, Guinness delves deep into a creator who is largely seen as an enigma, revealing Trockel as a thinker who challenges and transforms the possibilities of bodily representation and identity. |