The (Moving) Pictures Generation The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown New York Art and Film

Beginning in the late 1970's, a number of visual artists in downtown New York City returned to an exploration of the cinematic. They engaged cinematic movement, time, and the body in their work, and did so across mediums - utilizing not only film, but sculpture, drawing, photography, and perfor...

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Main Author: Dika, Vera
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 2012, 2012
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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