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Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy

English

By (author): Dave Hickey

 A collection of essays by American art critic Dave Hickey, nicknamed The Bad Boy of Art Criticism.
 
When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the surfers dream: the perfect wave. And, like so many things in life we long for, it didnt quite turn outhe shot the pier and dashed himself against the rocks of Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach, which nearly killed him.
 
Hickey went on to develop a career as one of Americas foremost critical iconoclasts, a trusted no-nonsense voice commenting on the worlds of art and culture. Perfect Wave brings together essays on a wide range of subjects from throughout Hickeys career, displaying his breadth of interest and powerful insight into what makes art work, or not, and why we care. With Hickey as our guide, we travel to Disneyland and Vegas, London and Venice. We discover the genius of Karen Carpenter and Waylon Jennings, learn why Robert Mitchum matters more than Jimmy Stewart, and see how the stillness of Antonioni speaks to us today. Never slow to judgeor to surprise us in doing soHickey relates his wincing disappointment in the later career of his early hero Susan Sontag and shows us the appeal to our commonality that weve been missing in Norman Rockwell.
 
Bookended by previously unpublished personal essays that offer a new glimpse into Hickeys own lifeincluding the aforementioned conclusion to his surfing careerPerfect Wave is a welcome addition to the Hickey canon.
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Product Details
  • Weight: 340g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Oct 2023
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780226333144

About Dave Hickey

Dave Hickey (19382021) was the executive editor of Art in America and the author of 25 Women: Essays on Their ArtThe Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty and Air Guitar. He served as a contributing editor for the Village Voice and as the arts editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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