The Art of Myth-Busting: Barthes' "Plastic" and the Gyre Art Exhibit

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Document Type

Recording, Oral

Abstract

Roland Barthes' essay "Plastic" (1957) offers a framework for "reading" the stunning display of eco-artwork feature in GYRE: The Plastic Ocean exhibit coming to the Anchorage Museum. At this event, guest speaker Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor traces Barthes' admiration and skepticism about plastic, a then-new material, and links his insights to themes seen in the genre of found-plastic art. Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor is an associate professor of Women's Studies and English at Penn State. Her most recent book is Postmodern Utopias and Feminist Fictions.

Publication Date

2-6-2014

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/11536

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