
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