A leading art theorist analyzes the global style in art and architecture.

About the Author

Hal Foster is Townsend Martin Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. A coeditor of October magazine and books, he is the editor of The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture and author of Compulsive Beauty and The Return of the Real. He is the author of Design and Crime from Verso.

Reviews

Praise for Design and Crime Elegant and incisive essays.A" Boston Review Foster writes with polemical verve and, at times, aphoristic cleverness.A" Art in America For people who look toward critical theory as a way to out-think the powers that be rather than to disguise fuzzy thinking behind hermetic verbiage, Foster makes a lot of sense.A" Village Voice Foster is spot-on - His 'radical anamnesis' is a notably stirring performance - exactly the kind of book the design world should want.A" Bookforum