Quoting Caravaggio Contemporary Art, Preposterous History

InQuoting Caravaggio, Mieke Bal investigates not only the great seventeenth-century painter, but also the issue of temporality in art. To do this she analyzes the productive relationship between Caravaggio and a number of late-twentieth-century artists who "quote" the baroque master in their own works. Examining this idea in light of pieces by contemporary artists such as Andres Serrano, Carrie Mae Weems, Ken Aptekar, David Reed, and Ana Medieta, Bal shows particular ways in which quotation is vital to the new art but also to the source from which it is derived. Quoting Caravaggiois a rigorous, rewarding work that is at once a meditation on creative history and Caravaggio as well as a brilliant critical exposition of current artistic representation and practice.Bal, Mieke is the author of 'Quoting Caravaggio Contemporary Art, Preposterous History' with ISBN 9780226035574 and ISBN 0226035573.