false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256010039m/6360340.jpg 6360340 1 <DIV><I><P>The Invisible Dragon</I> made a lot of noise for a little book When it was originally published in 1993 it was championed by artists for its forceful call for a reconsideration of beauty—and savaged by more theoretically oriented critics who dismissed the very concept of beauty as naive, igniting a debate that has shown no sign of flagging.</P><P>With this revised and expanded edition, Hickey is back to fan the flames. More manifesto than polite discussion, more call to action than criticism, <I>The Invisible Dragon</I> aims squarely at the hyper-institutionalism that, in Hickey’s view, denies the real pleasures that draw us to art in the first place. Deploying the artworks of Warhol, Raphael, Caravaggio, and Mapplethorpe and the writings of Ruskin, Shakespeare, Deleuze, and Foucault, Hickey takes on museum culture, arid academicism, sclerotic politics, and more—all in the service of making readers rethink the nature of art. A new introduction provides a context for earlier essays—what Hickey calls his "intellectual temper tantrums." A new essay, "American Beauty," concludes the volume with a historical argument that is a rousing paean to the inherently democratic nature of attention to beauty.</P><P>Written with a verve that is all too rare in serious criticism, this expanded and refurbished edition of <I>The Invisible Dragon</I> will be sure to captivate a new generation of readers, provoking the passionate reactions that are the hallmark of great criticism.</P></DIV> 6547413 1 4 2009 The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty, Revised and Expanded total:8|5:2|4:5|3:1|2:0|1:0| 8 33 21 3 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 00:04:15 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 00:24:08 -0700 2009 Air Guitar is one of my favorite pieces of criticism, I approached the prospect of reading more of Hickey’s work with enthusiasm bordering on mania. However, while The Invisible Dragon shows Hickeys humor and insight to be as strong as ever, it reads, in some respects, as humorously outdated. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 12:52:19 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 08:38:21 -0800 2009 Transgression and transformation…glamour and authority…both barrels blaze from spitfire art critic and theoretician Dave Hickey. Several searing, essential essays (with a generous foreword) deliberate upon the relationships between the beholder and the b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:48:02 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:48:08 -0700 2009 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/09/book...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 08:12:37 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 08:12:37 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 11:39:56 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 11:39:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 19 13:17:33 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 13:17:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 04:29:46 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 04:29:46 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 13:44:44 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 13:44:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 07:49:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:49:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 08:27:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:28:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 06:23:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 06:23:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 16:41:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 16:41:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 11 17:29:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 17:29:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 17:41:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 17:41:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 09:34:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 17:56:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 21:34:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 21:34:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 22:26:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 22:26:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 03 15:07:22 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 15:07:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 04:33:05 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 15:48:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 04:33:05 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 02 11:14:27 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 11:14:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6360340