{"product_id":"beauty-in-some-recent-art-9781909932821","title":"Beauty: In Some Recent Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCiting Lana Del Rey and Andy Warhol, Isa Genzken and Barkley Hendricks, this illustrated treatise argues for beauty as a vital force of contemporary art \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term \"beauty\" has been all but expunged from recent art criticism. And yet it remains a quality that many artists over the last 50 years have regarded as vital to their work, in both form and subject matter. Michael Bracewell and Charles Asprey argue for a return of aesthetics to the science of feelings: in other words, a concept of beauty that is less about representation than it is about memoir, fictional devices and the profundity of human relationships. Their treatise is illustrated with works by an international group of artists, from Gilbert \u0026amp; George to Isa Genzken, Kai Althoff, Lucy McKenzie, Barkley Hendricks and Wolfgang Tillmans. Printed with Japanese Takeo papers, this book is a work of beauty in itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Bracewell\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1958) is the author of seven novels and four works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eSouvenir: London 1979-1986\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Asprey\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of \u003ci\u003ePicpus Press\u003c\/i\u003e, an influential arts journal, and the cofounder of Ridinghouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ridinghouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909932821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Michael Bracewell, Charles Asprey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474204426421,"sku":"9781909932821","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_28f738e0-329e-4bd0-829e-7ca52bd5cce8.jpg?v=1754405215","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beauty-in-some-recent-art-9781909932821","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}