Art and Subjecthood
The Return of the Human Figure in Semiocapitalism
Isabelle Graw, Daniel Birnbaum, Nikolaus Hirsch
Many contemporary artworks evoke the human figure: consider the omnipresence of the mannequin in current installations of artists like John Miller, Thomas Hirschhorn, Heimo Zobernig, or David Lieske. Or consider the revival of a minimalist vocabulary...