Boys' Art
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: two small dints on front cover. large oblong quarto.
What happens when a feminist artist turns her critical gaze on the visual language of war, masculinity, and power? Boys' Art is Joyce Kozloff's provocative and unflinching examination of the imagery that boys and men throughout history have used to glorify conquest, violence, and dominance — from ancient battle maps to modern military iconography. Kozloff, a pioneering figure in the Pattern and Decoration movement and a leading voice in feminist art, presents a meticulously assembled body of work that interrogates how culture normalizes aggression through aesthetics, cartography, and representation. Kozloff's artistic practice has long challenged the boundaries between fine art and decorative tradition, and Boys' Art stands as one of her most intellectually charged projects, weaving together painting, collage, and critical inquiry into a single, coherent argument. The work forces a reckoning with the seductive beauty of martial imagery and the ideological freight it carries, asking the viewer to question what they have been conditioned to admire. For collectors, scholars, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of gender, politics, and visual culture, this volume is an essential and deeply unsettling provocation.
Author: Joyce Kozloff
Format: Hardback
Genre: The arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: two small dints on front cover. large oblong quarto.
What happens when a feminist artist turns her critical gaze on the visual language of war, masculinity, and power? Boys' Art is Joyce Kozloff's provocative and unflinching examination of the imagery that boys and men throughout history have used to glorify conquest, violence, and dominance — from ancient battle maps to modern military iconography. Kozloff, a pioneering figure in the Pattern and Decoration movement and a leading voice in feminist art, presents a meticulously assembled body of work that interrogates how culture normalizes aggression through aesthetics, cartography, and representation. Kozloff's artistic practice has long challenged the boundaries between fine art and decorative tradition, and Boys' Art stands as one of her most intellectually charged projects, weaving together painting, collage, and critical inquiry into a single, coherent argument. The work forces a reckoning with the seductive beauty of martial imagery and the ideological freight it carries, asking the viewer to question what they have been conditioned to admire. For collectors, scholars, and anyone fascinated by the intersection of gender, politics, and visual culture, this volume is an essential and deeply unsettling provocation.