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Books by Helen Westgeest






Slow Painting
Contemplation and Critique in the Digital Age
by Helen Westgeest
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Bloomsbury Visual Arts
ISBN-13: 978-1-78831-404-6, ISBN: 1-78831-404-2

"The abundance of images in our everyday lives- and the speed at which they are consumed seems to have left us unable to critique them. To rectify this situation, artists such as Daniel Richter and Artur Zmijewski have demonstrated that painting is brilliantly equipped to produce 'slow images' that enable, encourage and reward reflection. Here, Helen Westgeest attempts to understand how various forms of slow painting can be used as tools ..."






Eileen Neff
Three or Four Clouds
by Helen Westgeest, Eileen Neff
Paperback, Published 2012 by Bridgett Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
ISBN-13: 978-0-9883110-0-8, ISBN: 0-9883110-0-3






Photography Theory in Historical Perspective(1st Edition)
by Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Westgeest
Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-9197-5, ISBN: 1-4051-9197-X

"Photography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception. uses case studies to explain photographic practices in contemporary a ..."






Video Art Theory(1st Edition)
A Comparative Approach
by Helen Westgeest
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-47544-7, ISBN: 1-118-47544-5

"Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. A critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art The only study specifi ..."






Three Years Work
Comments on Commissions No. 3: Changing Faces IPRN Commissions 6
by Rebekah Rousi, Ute Eskildsen, Kimmo Lehtonen, Helen Westgeest, Roberta Valtorta, Lawrence Short, Agnes Matthias, Hannu Sinisalo, University Of Sunderland, Museum Folkwang Essen, Rovaniemen Taidemuseo
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Sunderland Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-873757-62-8, ISBN: 1-873757-62-X






Glut
Mastering Information through the Ages
by Alex Wright, Helen Westgeest
Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2008 by Cornell University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-7509-2, ISBN: 0-8014-7509-0

""Alex Wright delivers a fascinating tour of the many ways that humans have collected, organized, and shared information to show how the information age started long before microchips or movable type."―Publishers Weekly"This stimulating book offers much opportunity to reflect on the nature and long history of information management as a damper to the panic or the elation we may variously feel as we face ever greater scales of information ..."






Video Art Theory(1st Edition)
A Comparative Approach
by Helen Westgeest
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-47546-1, ISBN: 1-118-47546-1

"Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. * A critical investigation of the visual media and selected video artworks which contributes to the understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art * The only study specifically ..."






Slow Painting
Contemplation and Critique in the Digital Age
by Helen Westgeest
240 Pages, Published 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing Usa
ISBN-13: 978-1-5013-5308-6, ISBN: 1-5013-5308-X

"Moreover, Zmijewski encouraged the groups to critique and interrogate each other's work through instructions such as “If you feel ... According to art critic and curator Joanna Mytkowska, Zmijewski belongs to a generation of Polish artists who ..."






Video Art Theory
A Comparative Approach
by Helen Westgeest
224 Pages, Published 2015 by John Wiley & Sons
ISBN-13: 978-1-118-47548-5, ISBN: 1-118-47548-8

"Video Art Theory In her essay “The Electronic Corpse: Notes for an Alternative Language of History and Amnesia,” filmmaker and theorist ... Mi ́eville's onechannel video work Soft and Hard (Soft Talk on a Hard Subject between Two Friends) (1985) (109–112). ... The domestic order of routine is perpetually infiltrated by the history of cinema through film stills. ... works of professionals who create products for use in daily life, s ..."






Photography Theory in Historical Perspective
by Helen Westgeest, Hilde Van Gelder
Published 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-5348-8, ISBN: 1-4443-5348-9






Sculpture and its Reproductions
(Reaktion Books - Critical Views)
by Erich Ranfft ., Anthony Hughes, Helen Westgeest
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1997 by Reaktion Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-002-3, ISBN: 1-86189-002-8

"This collection of essays is the first of its kind to focus on issues concerning sculpture and reproduction, and to explore their theoretical and practical consequences. What does it mean for a sculpture to be reproduced? Does it diminish or add to the authenticity and authority of the original?Ranging from the Ancient to the Modern world, and investigating the function of artistic reproduction in cultures as diverse as the Catholic Spa ..."






Photography Theory in Historical Perspective(1st Edition)
by Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Frances Westgeest, Van Gelder Westgeest
Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-9161-6, ISBN: 1-4051-9161-9






Slow Painting
Contemplation and Critique in the Digital Age
by Westgeest, Helen
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury Visual Arts
ISBN-13: 978-1-350-28357-2, ISBN: 1-350-28357-6






Zen in the Fifties(1st Edition)
Interaction in Art between East and West (Waanders)
by Helen Westgeest
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Reaktion Books
ISBN-13: 978-90-400-9892-5, ISBN: 90-400-9892-1

"Throughout Western history, interest in the Far East has moved in waves, in ever-changing patterns. Zen in the Fifties looks at the influence of the East, and of Zen Buddhism in particular, on a number of recent Western artists. Interest in Zen grew in the 1950s as new artistic, philosophical and psychological theories opened up the way for Western artists to explore both interior and exterior landscapes. Helen Westgeest brings into her ..."






Shinkichi Tajiri(1st Edition)
Universal Paradoxes
by Helen Westgeest, Giotta Tajiri, Ryu Tajiri, Shinkichi Tajiri
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2015 by Leiden University Press
ISBN-13: 978-90-8728-232-5, ISBN: 90-8728-232-X

"Japanese artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923 2009) led a life and created a body of work that are both rich in paradox. Born in America to Japanese parents, he began his career in Paris, then lived in the Netherlands for half a century. This collection presents six essays that offer various perspectives on the ways that Tajiri s complicated, overlapping personal identities were transformed through his art into seemingly universal themes.""






Take Place(1st Edition)
Photography and Place from Multiple Perspectives
by Helen Westgeest, Barbara Hooper, Kitty Zijlmans, Caroline Van Eck, Thomas Crow, Director Thomas Crow, Pieter Laurens Mol, Hans Westgeest
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2010 by Valiz
ISBN-13: 978-90-78088-35-6, ISBN: 90-78088-35-4

"For a medium so potentially "disembodied" and transparent, photography can offer a unique capacity to concretize place, especially when used in art installations in which photographs may be assembled from numerous sources and locations. Take Place investigates this particular implementation of photography through various scholarly disciplines--art history, photography theory, the history of architecture and social geography--and through ..."






Photography between Poetry and Politics(1st Edition)
The Critical Position of the Photographic Medium in Contemporary Art (Lieven Gevaert Series)
by Helen Westgeest, Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Frances Westgeest
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2008 by Leuven University Press
ISBN-13: 978-90-5867-664-1, ISBN: 90-5867-664-1

"Lieven Gevaert Series 7Does photography have a hybrid or chameleonic character because it can be part of entirely different mixed-media works of art? Photography as a medium is faced with the challenge of escaping from its too-frequent use as rather noncommittal and "poetic" visual imagery. How best might photographers proceed to maintain the integrity of their art? A distinguished group of art historians, art theorists, and specialists ..."






Tajiri
Stille dynamiek en eenheid in pluriformiteit = silent dynamism and oneness in multiformity (Dutch Edition)
by Helen Westgeest, Shinkichi Tajiri
Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 1997 by Cobra Museum Voor Moderne Kunst
ISBN-13: 978-90-400-9968-7, ISBN: 90-400-9968-5






Walls of India / druk 1(1st Edition)
by Gijs. . Dragt
Hardcover, 168 Pages, Published 2008 by Wbooks
ISBN-13: 978-90-8910-049-8, ISBN: 90-8910-049-0






Psychosomatic Imagery
by Helen Westgeest
Softcover, Published 2024 by Springer International Publishing Mai 2024
ISBN-13: 978-3-031-22717-2, ISBN: 3-031-22717-4



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