Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s

by Pamela M. Lee

Book Overview

An examination of the pervasive anxiety about and fixation with time seen in 1960s art.

In the 1960s art fell out of time; both artists and critics lost their temporal bearings in response to what E. M. Cioran called "not being entitled to time." This anxiety and uneasiness about time, which Pamela Lee calls "chronophobia," cut across movements, media, and genres, and was figured in works ranging from kinetic sculptures to Andy Warhol films...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262622033
• ISBN13: 9780262622035
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher