Plastic world

Weinhart, Martina, (editor.). Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, (host institution.).

Summary: Plastic is a collective term for synthetic materials, which have radically altered art and society in a short period of time. The exhibition 'Plastic World' is dedicated to what is today a central symbol and symptom of our mass society. It therefore opens up a broad panorama of the artistic use and assessment of plastic that reflects the respective social context: from the euphoria of pop culture in the 1960s to the futuristic influence of the space age and the trash works of Nouveau R©♭alisme, architectural utopias, and experiments with material properties, to the ecocritical positions of recent years. With around 100 works, 'Plastic World' offers a true cosmos, and thus a hitherto unique and complex overview of the material history of synthetic substances in visual art from 1960 until today.

Record details

ISBN: 3775754679
ISBN: 9783775754675
Physical Description: 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
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Publisher: Berlin : Hatje Cantz Verlag ; [Frankfurt] : Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:	On the occasion of an exhibition held at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, June 22-October 1, 2023.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Plastic Pop -- Plastic Trash -- Natur und Künstlichkeit = Nature and Artificiality -- Plastikutopien = Plastic Utopias -- Materialexperimente = Material experiments -- Verführerisches Plastik = Beguiling Plastic -- Ökokritik = Ecocriticism.
Language Note:	Parallel texts in German and English.