Eretica: the transcendent and the profane in contemporary art
"Eretica examines questions such as the conflict between good and evil, sanctity, and the interpenetration of eroticism, sex and death in contemporary art. The subject of the body and its relationship with the transcendent is not new to art, having assumed particular importance from the 1970s onward. The present volume illustrates how, with respect to the theme of the bionic body )a trend that gained notoriety during the 1990s under the rubric of the 'post-human'(, the most recent artistic enquiry demonstrates a growing demand for transcendence, bringing to the foreground such issues as religious interaction, rebellion against dogma, piety and the notion of the sacred."--BOOK JACKET.