Doomsday Dreams: The Apocalyptic Imagination in Contemporary Art

by Eleanor Heartney

"Doomsday Dreams" uses international contemporary art as a lens to explore the allure, dangers and positive potential of present day apocalyptic thinking. Apocalypse is a double-edged concept, balanced between hope and despair, simultaneously encouraging the pursuit of justice and a starkly dualistic sense of good and evil. It underlies populist liberation movements and explains the attraction of authoritarian leaders. The artists discussed in "Doomsday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998956805
• ISBN13: 9780998956800
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Silver Hollow Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"