{"title":"Tenley Bick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTenley Bick\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of contemporary art, combining sharp critical analysis with an accessible narrative style. Readers can expect deep dives into influential artists and movements that shape modern culture, fostering a greater appreciation for visual storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Bick’s works illuminate the dialogue between creativity and society, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing intellectual richness. These books are essential for anyone curious about art's evolving landscape and its cultural impact.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"michelangelo-pistoletto-by-tenley-bick-9780300278347","title":"Michelangelo Pistoletto","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExamining the Italian artist's career-long exploration of the human figure, this book offers new perspectives on the history of postwar and contemporary art.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWidely regarded as the central protagonist of Arte Povera, the twentieth-century Italian art movement characterised by its rejection of representation, Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) is known for his movement-defining Minus Objects and iconic mirror paintings, as well as his recent social practice addressing migration and climate change. What has unified Pistoletto's work over six decades, argues author Tenley Bick, is his persistent, and seemingly paradoxical, investigation of figuration, most often as a system of representation of the human body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichelangelo Pistoletto: Figuration and Cultural Politics\u003c\/em\u003e traces the figure as a throughline across the artist's painting, photomontage, sculpture, installation, performance, and social practice, from the formative years of his career in the 1950s to today. It situates Pistoletto's exploration of the figure within the culture and leftist politics of Italy and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s to examine why, in an era that was defined, for many, by the end of humanism, Pistoletto held on to the figure as an embattled platform for rethinking art and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing previously unseen early drawings and design work, newly discovered exhibition histories, and insights gleaned from interviews with the artist, this book reframes our understanding of a prolific artist and of artmaking in the postwar era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431606599916,"sku":"9780300278347","price":143.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300278347.jpg?v=1774557504"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/tenley-bick.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}