ISBN: 1895532078 9781895532074

Category: Art / General

Page count: 11

"A Critical Beauty brought together the works of several artists whose practices were united in their interest in developing an informed aesthetic that retained "the beautiful" as legitimate within the syntax of contemporary discourse. Essential within each artist's work was the notion that an apparently traditional strategy was utilized self-reflexively, so that the production acted as both a critique and a defense of the practice. The problematic of traditional painting and representation became the object of critique, and the engaging as a means of recovery. The reconsideration of the notion of objective beauty without altogether disregarding ideas of harmony and balance, or pleasure an sensuality, circulated within the landscape of these works."--Open Space website.