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Oil : beauty and horror in the petrol age / Andreas Beitin, Alexander Klose, Benjamin Steininger (eds.) ; translation, Gérard Goodrow.

Beitin, Andreas F., (editor.). Klose, Alexander, 1969- (editor.). Steininger, Benjamin, 1974- (editor.). Goodrow, Gérard A., (translator.). Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, (host institution.).

Summary:

Oil - no other raw material pervades so many areas of our lives: our cities, our bodies, our emotions. Complex and diverse as never before, the publication Oil: Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age offers a transdisciplinary glimpse into the global Petrol Age, exploring how it has inspired art and artists. This ambivalent material, with all of its complex scientific, technological, and cultural connections and contexts, is illuminated by around 250 international artistic positions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, as well as historical objects dating back to antiquity, on 400 pages with around 350 illustrations.00Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (04.09.2021 - 09.01.2022).

Record details

ISBN: 9783753300962
ISBN: 3753300969
Physical Description: 393 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Wolfsburg : Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg ; [2021]
Copyright: ©2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translated from the original German.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Exhibitions Note:	In conjunction with an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, September 4, 2021 - January 9, 2022.