From Walt Disney World to the movie Natural Born Killers, this book explores uncommon indicators of the spiritual in contemporary art and culture. Drawing on a diversity of perspectives in philosophy and aesthetics to highlight conscious and unconscious manifestations of the sacred in art, this work makes a compelling case for its continued contemporary relevance.
Contributors include Andrew Doerr, Melissa E. Feldman, Cher Krause Knight, Debra Koppman, Janice Mann, Dawn Perlmutter, Crispin Sartwell, and Susan Shantz.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dawn Perlmutter and Debra Koppman
1. The Subjugation of the Spiritual in Art
Dawn Perlmutter
2. Venus/Intra-Venus: Art against and as the Body
Crispin Sartwell
3. Mickey, Minnie, and Mecca: Destination Disney World, Pilgrimage in the Twentieth Century
Cher Krause Knight
4. Feminist Revisions
Debra Koppman
5. (Dis)integration as Theory and Method in an Artmaking Practice
Susan Shantz
6. Between the Sacred and the Profane: The Altars of Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely
Andrew Doerr
7. Multiple Visions: Revisioning Aesthetics in a Pluralist America
Debra Koppman
8. Blood Relations: Jose Bedia, Joseph Beuys, David Hammons, and Ana Mendieta
Melissa E. Feldman
9. Malice Green Did Like Jesus: A Detroit Miracle Story
Janice Mann
10. Postmodern Idolatry: The Media and Violent Acts of Participation
Dawn Perlmutter
11. Thou Art: The Continuity of Religious Ideology in Modern and Postmodern Theory and Practice
Debra Koppman
Contributors
Index
About the author
Dawn Perlmutter is Assistant Professor of Art and Philosophy at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania and
Debra Koppman is Assistant Professor of Art at John F. Kennedy University.
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