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The Cute

The Cute

Ngai, Sianne

Paperback

Series: Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art

Art Criticism & TheoryArt HistoryGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 0262544652
ISBN13: 9780262544658
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Aug 2 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
A collection that tracks the astonishing impact of one vernacular aesthetic category--the cute--on postwar and contemporary art.

The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and contemporary art, and on the vast range of cultural practices and discourses on which artists draw. From robots and cat videos to ice cream socials, The Cute explores the ramifications of an aesthetic of or about minorness--or what is perceived to be diminutive, subordinate, and above all, unthreatening--on the shifting forms and contents of art today. This anthology is the first of its kind to show how contemporary artists have worked on and transformed the cute, in ways that not only complexify its meaning, but also reshape their own artistic practices.

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