Peter Tyndall: Dagger Definitions
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the intersection of language, image, and conceptual inquiry stands Peter Tyndall, one of Australia's most rigorous and intellectually provocative artists, whose decades-long project relentlessly interrogates how meaning is constructed and contested in art. Peter Tyndall: Dagger Definitions, written by Pamela Hansford, chronicles the artist's sustained conceptual practice, unpacking his signature motif — the repeated image of a person looking at a thing on a wall — and the dense web of text, symbol, and cultural critique that surrounds it. The work presents Tyndall's art not merely as visual object but as an ongoing philosophical argument about the nature of representation, perception, and the institutional framing of art itself. Hansford brings scholarly precision and critical acuity to her examination of Tyndall's oeuvre, illuminating the sharp wit and subversive intelligence that define his practice. The title itself — Dagger Definitions — signals the pointed, almost combative relationship Tyndall maintains with received ideas about aesthetics and meaning. For readers drawn to conceptual art, semiotics, and the politics of cultural production, this volume is an essential and thought-provoking encounter with an artist who refuses to let a single assumption go unchallenged.
Author: Pamela Hansford
Format: Paperback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of language, image, and conceptual inquiry stands Peter Tyndall, one of Australia's most rigorous and intellectually provocative artists, whose decades-long project relentlessly interrogates how meaning is constructed and contested in art. Peter Tyndall: Dagger Definitions, written by Pamela Hansford, chronicles the artist's sustained conceptual practice, unpacking his signature motif — the repeated image of a person looking at a thing on a wall — and the dense web of text, symbol, and cultural critique that surrounds it. The work presents Tyndall's art not merely as visual object but as an ongoing philosophical argument about the nature of representation, perception, and the institutional framing of art itself. Hansford brings scholarly precision and critical acuity to her examination of Tyndall's oeuvre, illuminating the sharp wit and subversive intelligence that define his practice. The title itself — Dagger Definitions — signals the pointed, almost combative relationship Tyndall maintains with received ideas about aesthetics and meaning. For readers drawn to conceptual art, semiotics, and the politics of cultural production, this volume is an essential and thought-provoking encounter with an artist who refuses to let a single assumption go unchallenged.