Reclaiming the past : historical representation in contemporary photography and video art

Since the late 1990s a new tendency has emerged in contemporary art whereby artists deploy archival research to explore the mechanics of historical representation and evoke the past. This thesis examines the works of some of the most relevant practitioners of the new tendency who are working with vi...

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Main Author: Magagnoli, P.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625885