{"product_id":"how-photography-became-contemporary-art-inside-an-artistic-revolution-from-pop-to-the-digital-age-hardcover","title":"How Photography Became Contemporary Art: Inside an Artistic Revolution from Pop to the Digital Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Grundberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading critic's inside story of \"the photo boom\" during the crucial decades of the 1970s and 80s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Grundberg . . . is a vibrant, opinionated, authoritative guide to the medium's past and present.\"--Jackie Wullschläger, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times, \u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Books of 2021: Visual Arts\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Andy Grundberg landed in New York in the early 1970s as a budding writer, photography was at the margins of the contemporary art world. By 1991, when he left his post as critic for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, photography was at the vital center of artistic debate. Grundberg writes eloquently and authoritatively about photography's \"boom years,\" chronicling the medium's increasing role within the most important art movements of the time, from Earth Art and Conceptual Art to performance and video. He also traces photography's embrace by museums and galleries, as well as its politicization in the culture wars of the 80s and 90s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grundberg reflects on the landmark exhibitions that defined the moment and his encounters with the work of leading photographers--many of whom he knew personally--including Gordon Matta-Clark, Cindy Sherman, and Robert Mapplethorpe. He navigates crucial themes such as photography's relationship to theory as well as feminism and artists of color. Part memoir and part history, this perspective by one of the period's leading critics ultimately tells a larger story about the crucial decades of the 70s and 80s through the medium of photography.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndy Grundberg\u003c\/b\u003e was the photography critic of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e from 1981 to 1991. He later served as the director of the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco and as chair of the photography department and dean of the Corcoran College of Art and Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10.2 x 7.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699776884799,"sku":"9780300234107","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4d4bfa181efaf94c61022d5464d48e5b.webp?v=1765014469","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/how-photography-became-contemporary-art-inside-an-artistic-revolution-from-pop-to-the-digital-age-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}