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Hal Foster

Art Theory

Hal Foster

1955–

Art must be critically engaged with its social conditions.

Hal Foster is an American art critic and historian. He is the Townsend Martin Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University and an editor of October magazine. His work on postmodernism and contemporary art has been highly influential.

Contribution

The Return of the Real, postmodern art criticism

Key Works

  • The Return of the Real
  • The Anti-Aesthetic
  • Prosthetic Gods
  • Bad New Days
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