Author : Jane Blocker
Release : 2009
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 76X/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Seeing Witness by : Jane Blocker
Download or read book Seeing Witness written by Jane Blocker. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The act of bearing witness can reveal much, but what about the figure of the witness itself? As contemporary culture is increasingly dominated by surveillance, the witness--whether artist, historian, scientist, government official, or ordinary citizen--has become empowered in realms from art to politics. In Seeing Witness, Jane Blocker challenges the implicit authority of witnessing through the examination of a series of contemporary artworks, all of which make the act of witnessing visible, open to inspection and critique.