Funny weather : art in an emergency
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
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9781324005704, 132400570X, 9780393867398, 0393867390
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
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Book
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352 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781324005704, 132400570X, 9780393867398, 0393867390

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Includes index.
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"The majority of these essays first appeared, often in different forms, in the Guardian, frieze and New Statesman, as well as the Observer, Elle and the New York Times."--Page 335.
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""One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction" (Harper's Bazaar) explores the role of art in the tumultuous twenty-first century. In the age of Trump and Brexit, every crisis is instantly overridden by the next. The turbulent political weather of the twenty- first century generates anxiety and makes it difficult to know how to react. Olivia Laing makes a brilliant, inspiring case for why art matters more than ever, as a force of both resistance and repair. Art, she argues, changes how we see the world. It gives us X-ray vision. It reveals inequalities and offers fertile new ways of living. Funny Weather brings together a career's worth of Laing's writing about art and culture, and their role in our political and emotional lives. She profiles Jean-Michel Basquiat and Georgia O'Keeffe, interviews Hilary Mantel and Ali Smith, writes love letters to David Bowie and Wolfgang Tillmans, and explores loneliness and technology, women and alcohol, sex and the body. With characteristic originality and compassion, Funny Weather celebrates art as an antidote to a terrifying political moment"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Laing, O. (2020). Funny weather: art in an emergency (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Laing, Olivia. 2020. Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency. W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Laing, Olivia. Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Laing, Olivia. Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

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