TY - BOOK ID - 127303206 TI - Between two deaths AU - Blumenstein, Ellen AU - Ensslin, Felix PY - 2007 SN - 9783775720038 3775720030 PB - Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, DB - UniCat KW - Melancholy in art KW - Melodrama in art KW - Art, Modern UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:127303206 AB - It's time to get beyond melancholy and to stop enjoying our misery. Between two deaths presents a critical artistic reflection on the political, social, and cultural trend toward melancholic introspection. The effects can be felt everywhere : conservative cultural debates, insecurity, and lethargy are spreading. Key terms for this tendency in contemporary art are neo-romanticism, angst, horror, and neo-goth. Featuring essays by philosophers, psychoanalysts, art historians, and sociologists on such topics as melancholy and melodrama in contemporary art, this publication uncovers the roots of the dilemma - and shows a path beyond. An appendix with texts on the works shown and brief biographies and bibliographies of each artist completes the volume. ER -