Delirious: Art at the Limits of Reason, 1950-1980

by Lucy Bradnock, Kelly Baum, Tina Rivers Ryan

An extraordinary, unconventional reevaluation of postwar art through the lens of delirium

Addressing the maniacal, eccentric, and disorienting in artworks made between 1950 and 1980, Delirious situates a fascination with the absurd and irrational within the context of the violence and brutality witnessed during World War II as well as the rapid expansion of industrial capitalism in the 1950s. Skepticism of science and technology--along...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588396339
• ISBN13: 9781588396334
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.1"