Speculative Taxidermy

SPECULATIVE TAXIDERMY GIOVANNI ALOI NATURAL HISTORY, ANIMAL SURFACES, AND ART IN THE ANTHROPOCENE ...

SPECULATIVE TAXIDERMY CRITICAL LIFE STUDIES ...

CRITICAL LIFE STUDIES Jami Weinstein, Claire Colebrook, and Myra J. Hird, series editors The core concept of critical life studi ...

SPECULATIVE TAXIDERMY NATURAL HISTORY, ANIMAL SURFACES, AND ART IN THE ANTHROPOCENE GIOVANNI ALOI Columbia University Press New ...

Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup .columbia .edu Copyright © 2018 Giovanni Al ...

CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii PROLOGUE: THE CARNAL IMMANENCE OF POLITICAL REALISM—REALISM, MATERIALITY, AND AGENCY INTRODUCTION: ...

VICONTENTS THE END OF THE DAYDREAM: TAXIDERMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY FOLLOWING MATERIALITY: FROM MEDIUM TO SURFACE—MEDIUM SPECIFICIT ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T he research and writing in this book are the result of many years of exciting discussions with colleagues, stu ...

VIIIACKNOWLEDGMENTS initial animal studies platform upon which the key arguments of this book stand was developed at the London ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIX Foundation; Sinazo Chiya at Stevenson Gallery; and Myungwon Kim at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery. The reproduction o ...

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FIGURE P.1 Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878–1881. Pigmented beeswax, clay, metal armature, rope, paintbrushes, hum ...

PROLOGUE The Carnal Immanence of Political Realism— Realism, Materiality, and Agency A key feature of the new materialism is its ...

2PROLOGUE unveiling, the sculpture quickly became the target of extremely negative commentaries, with critics labeling it “repu ...

PROLOGUE lenging the three-dimensional construction of space devised by optical perspective. Through an ambiguous play of refle ...

4PROLOGUE the political stance of Degas, who painted the working classes with a dig- nity and simplicity that assimilated the r ...

PROLOGUE opportunities for a good life were very real—successful ballerinas could substantially enrich their families, even sur ...

6PROLOGUE practice regime. They were both part of highly competitive environments defined by strict aesthetic standards, and bo ...

PROLOGUE the original wax version. Structurally, the original 1881 sculpture bears substantial similarities to the taxidermy mo ...