After Modernist Painting: The History of a Contemporary Practice (International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art Book 3)

Painting has often been declared dead since the 1960s and yet it refuses to die. Even the status and continued legitimacy of the medium has been repeatedly placed in question. As such, painting has had to continually redefine its own parameters and re-negotiate for itself a critical position within a broader, more discursive set of discourses. Taking the American Clement Greenberg's 'Modernist Painting' as a point of departure, After Modernist Painting will be both a historical survey and a critical re-evaluation of the contested and contingent nature of the medium of painting over the last 50 years. Presenting the first critical account of painting, rather than art generally, this book provides a timely exploration of what has remained a persistent and protean medium. Craig Staff focuses on certain developments including the relationship of painting to Conceptual Art and Minimalism, the pronouncement of paintings alleged death, its response to Installation Art's foregrounding of site, how it was able to interpret ideas around appropriation, simulation and hybridity and how today painting can be understood as both imaging and imagining the digital. After Modernist Painting is an invaluable resource for those seeking to understand the themes and issues that have pertained to painting within the context of post modernism and contemporary artistic practice. 'after Modernist Painting' Is An Invaluable Resource For Those Seeking To Understand The Themes And Issues That Have Pertained To Painting Within The Context Of Postmodernism And Contemporary Artistic Practice. 1 Arbitrary Objects 7 -- 2 Auto-critique 27 -- 3 Painting In The Expanded Field 49 -- 4 A Costume Of Rags 69 -- 5 Manic Mourning 90 -- 6 An-atomising Abstraction 110 -- 7 Situating Painting 129 -- 8 Imag[in]ing The Digital 146. Craig Staff. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [197]-203) And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Since the publication of Clement Greenberg's 'Modernist Painting' in 1960, the status of painting and has been repeatedly questioned. As such, painting has had to continually redefine its own parameters. After Modernist Painting is both a historical survey and a critical re-evaluation of painting over the last 50 years. CONTENTS 5 ILLUSTRATIONS 7 Introduction 15 1. Arbitrary Objects 21 2. Auto-Critique 41 3. Painting in the expanded Field 63 4. A Costume of Rags 83 5. Manic Mourning 104 6. An-Atomising Abstraction 124 7. Situating Painting 143 8. Imag[in]ing the Digital 160 Notes 181 Further Reading 205 Bibliography 211 Index 219 Since Clement Greenberg's 'Modernist Painting the status of painting and its legitimacy has been repeatedly questioned. As such, painting has had to continually redefine parameters. After Modernist painting is a history and critical re-evaluation of this medium over the last 50 years.