What's in a Face? Blankness and Significance in Contemporary Art Photography

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October 01 2007 What's in a Face? Blankness and Significance in Contemporary Art Photography Julian Stallabrass Julian Stallabrass Julian Stallabrass is a writer, photographer, and lecturer. He is Reader in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and is the author of Art Incorporated (Oxford University Press, 2004); Internet Art: The Online Clash Between Culture and Commerce (Tate Publishing, 2003); Paris Pictured (Royal Academy of Arts, 2002); High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s (Verso, 1999); and Gargantua: Manufactured Mass Culture (Verso, 1996). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Julian Stallabrass Julian Stallabrass is a writer, photographer, and lecturer. He is Reader in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and is the author of Art Incorporated (Oxford University Press, 2004); Internet Art: The Online Clash Between Culture and Commerce (Tate Publishing, 2003); Paris Pictured (Royal Academy of Arts, 2002); High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s (Verso, 1999); and Gargantua: Manufactured Mass Culture (Verso, 1996). Online Issn: 1536-013X Print Issn: 0162-2870 © 2007 October Magazine, Ltd. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007 October (2007) (122): 71–90. https://doi.org/10.1162/octo.2007.122.1.71 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Julian Stallabrass; What's in a Face? Blankness and Significance in Contemporary Art Photography. October 2007; (122): 71–90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/octo.2007.122.1.71 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsOctober Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2007 October Magazine, Ltd. and Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.