{"product_id":"dissolve-into-comprehension","title":"Dissolve Into Comprehension","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInfluential writings by the legendary art critic and theorist Jack Burnham—a pioneer in new media systems aesthetics and an early advocate of conceptualism. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJack Burnham is one of the few critics and theorists alive today who can claim to have radically altered the way we think about works of art. Burnham's use of the term “system” (borrowed from theoretical biology) in his 1968 essay “System Aesthetics” announced the relational character of conceptual art and newer research-based projects. Trained as an art historian, Burnham was also a sculptor. His first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeyond Modern Sculpture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1968), established him as a leading commentator on art and technology. A postformalist pioneer, an influential figure in new media art history, an early champion of conceptual and ecological art, and the curator of the first exhibition of digital art, Burnham is long overdue for reevaluation. This book offers that opportunity by collecting a substantial and varied selection of his hard-to-find texts, some published here for the first time. Author: Jack Burnham. Editor: Melissa Ragain. Hardcover; 352 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#21109305\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Congress Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53774398882157,"sku":"fmn1787251460346","price":4.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0920\/0526\/9869\/files\/dissolve-into-comprehension_1.jpg?v=1787251466","url":"https:\/\/www.ruralgoods.shop\/products\/dissolve-into-comprehension","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}