Tactility and opticality in contemporary abstract painting

The thesis analyses the construction of surface in contemporary abstract painting and its broader implications, mainly in regard to Clement Greenberg's understanding of modernist painting. It considers how this issue was contended between art critics such as Greenberg and Michael Fried and arti...

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Main Author: el Mathus, Miguel Mathus
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2011
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547155