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Gengre as compositional pattern in contemporary Art

Rantanen Silja

Silja Rantanen’s groundbreaking research work opens up a multifaceted perspective on the meaning of composition in contemporary art. Rantanen’s starting point in her study is the observation that the form of works has received negligible attention in art research for years and the significance of artistic composition is currently even being denied by stating that conceptual artworks have no formal language. As Rantanen persuasively demonstrates, the formalist theory created at the beginning of the 20th century has been found to be outmoded, but a new and more modern conception of the meaning of form in art has not grown out of this former critique. Rantanen in her study starts from the premise that the genres of contemporary art or compositional forms are still based on formal solutions even when they are said to be formless.

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  • Publisher Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts Helsinki
    Release-year 2015
    Page-count 316
    Language English
    Series Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Arts Helsinki
    Appearance 220x280 kovakantinen
    ISBN 9789515335920