Beyond modern sculpture: the effects of science and technology on the sculpture of this century

Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Sculpture as object. Chapter one: Sculpture's vanishing base ; Chapter two: The biotic sources of modern sculpture ; Chapter three: Formalism: the weary vocabulary ; Chapter four: Form exhaustion and the rise of phenomenalism -- Part two: Sculpture as system. Chapter five: Sculpture and automata ; Chapter six: Kineticism: The unrequited art ; Chapter seven: Light as sculpture medium ; Chapter eight: Robot and cyborg art -- Reference bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.