The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art

Jonathan A. Anderson

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Country
United States
Published
1 April 2025
Pages
496
ISBN
9780268209186

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art

Jonathan A. Anderson

The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art offers a critical guide for rereading and rethinking religion in the histories of modern and contemporary art.

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a marked increase in attention to religion and spirituality in contemporary art among artists and scholars alike, but the resulting scholarship tends to be dispersed, disjointed, and underdeveloped, lacking a sustained discourse that holds up as both scholarship of art and as scholarship of religion. The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art is both a critical study of this situation and an adjustment to it, offering a much-needed field guide to the current discourse of contemporary art and religion. By connecting the work of leading art historians, theologians, philosophers, and sociologists, Jonathan A. Anderson uncovers the gaps and reveals opportunities for scholars to engage more fully with the theological grammars, histories, and concepts at play in modern and contemporary art.

By addressing the religious blind spots in existing scholarship, Anderson opens new lines of inquiry and invites deeper dialogue between religious studies, theology, and art history and criticism.

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