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NEW TITLE: THE ART-ARCHITECTURE COMPLEX BY HAL FOSTER PUBLISHED: 26 SEPTEMBER 2011 ----------------------------------- Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed DESIGN AND CRIME, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. While architects such as Zaha Hadid and Herzog and de Meuron draw on art to reanimate design, architecture has inspired fundamental transformations in painting, sculpture and film, which are also explored here. The book includes an extensive conversation with Richard Serra. At the same time Foster points to a “global style” of architecture, as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, that is analogous to the “international style” of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies—a global style that, more than any art, conveys the look of modernity today, both its dreams and its delusions. In these ways Foster demonstrates that “the art-architecture complex” is a key indicator of broader social and economic trajectories and in urgent need of analysis and debate. ----------------------------------- PRAISE FOR HAL FOSTER’S DESIGN AND CRIME “Foster is spot-on ... exactly the kind of book the design world should want.” – BOOKFORUM “Elegant and incisive essays.” – BOSTON REVIEW “In a polite and even schmoozy art world, Foster stands out for being willing to make barbed comments on design gods.” – NATIONAL POST “Foster makes a lot of sense.” – VILLAGE VOICE ----------------------------------- HAL FOSTER is Townsend Martin Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. A co-editor of OCTOBER magazine and books, he is the editor of THE ANTI-AESTHETIC, and the author of DESIGN AND CRIME, RECORDING, THE RETURN OF THE REAL, COMPULSIVE BEAUTY and THE ART-ARCHITECTURE COMPLEX. ----------------------------------- ISBN: 978 1 84467 697 2 / £16.99 / Hardback / 320 pages ----------------------------------- For more information about THE ART-ARCHITECTURE COMPLEX or to buy the book visit: http://www.versobooks.com/books/950-the-art-architecture-complex ----------------------------------- Visit Verso’s website for information on our upcoming events, new reviews and publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com Become a fan of Verso on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Verso-Books/205847279448577 And get updates on Twitter - @VersoBooks http://twitter.com/VersoBooks -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------