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Thomas McEvilley is a highly regarded critic in the US. Here he examines sculpturethe paradigmatic form for expansive postmodernism (as opposed to the reductive painting at the heart of Modernism). Begins with Duchamp's readymades & continues into the 60s & the present thru Pop, Minimalism, Conceptualism & Performance art. Treats exemplary cases- Broodthaers, Oppenheim, Kounellis, Samaras,Orr, Laib, Abramovic, M Tracy, Gormley, Kapoor, Boezem, Bourgeoois, Mel Chin, Byars, KienholzSterbak, Cragg, Torres, Reichek, Drew, MerzBadshaw, Croak |