On the Origin of Art/
Curator: Elizabeth Pearce
- Tasmania; Museum of Old and New Art; 2016
- 500p; 30x25cm
Accompanies exhibition of the same title. Guest curators: Steven Pinker; Brian Boyd; Geoffrey Miller; Mark Changizi. Four bio-cultural scientist-philosophers working at the forefront, the cutting edge are asking the biggest and most exciting questions about the origin of art. The substantial publication accompanying this exhibition includes each guest curators' illustrated thesis on why we make art, gorgeous illustrations of the exhibited works, and a foreword by David Walsh about why MONA is so interested in looking at art through a scientific prism