Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990S

by Hugh Davies, Toby Kamps, Matthew Barney (Artist)

Lateral Thinking assesses the artistic achievements of the 1990s, concentrating on work by 40 contemporary artists from North, South, and Central America, Cuba, Africa, China and Europe. These include Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Roman de Salvo, Zhang Huan, William Kentridge, Byron Kim, Jean Lowe, Vik Muniz and Cindy Sherman. A number of pervasive themes recur the body, the construction of identity (gender, personal, social, or ethnic), the role of the artist and the "everyday."

200 pages, Paperback

First published October 2, 2002

About the author

Hugh Davies was born in Pembrokeshire but now lives in Derbyshire. He's had a career specialising mainly in computing. He was the Winner of British Computer Society Innovation award for his invention of the Passfaces authentication system. He is now retired and spends his days working as guide at Bletchley Park where he started 12 years ago. In his spare time, he gives talks nationwide to a wide range of audiences speaking on WW2 Intelligence topics especially the human factor.