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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.

Melancholy in art --- Melodrama in art --- Art, Modern