{"product_id":"the-vestige-of-resistance-9783639195446","title":"The Vestige of Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hee-Young Kim\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: VDM Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: VDM Verlag\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarold Rosenberg (1906-1978) coined the term \"action painters\" to describe postwar American abstract painters. Since then his concept of \"action\" has been considered a supplementary term that reinforces autonomy in art. Reading against the grain, Kim proposes to situate Rosenberg's practice in a domain where art lies beyond the rules of aesthetics. Believing in process, vestiges, and possibilities, Rosenberg perceived art to be a substantial component of culture. The meaning of an artwork is not set by aesthetic principles, but is contingent on its context. Providing no vision of completing a priori principles, this contingency is associated with a sense of crisis that generates a radical force for critical art practices. Rosenberg's \"action\" epitomizes his central idea that the artist continues to transform him-or herself. This ceaseless discovery by the artist, for Rosenberg, is the content of the artwork. It is an eloquent statement that speaks to individual subjectivity after a collective revolution had failed. His criticism was a constant transaction, which kept modifying itself through his encounters with artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VDM Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880995672215,"sku":"9783639195446","price":6279.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783639195446.webp?v=1770229378","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-vestige-of-resistance-9783639195446","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}