Susan Best

How does something as potent and evocative as the body become a relatively neutral artistic material? From the 1960s, much body art and performance conformed to the anti-expressive ethos of minimalism and conceptualism, whilst still using the compelling human form. But how is this strange mismatch of vigour and impersonality able to transform the body into an expressive medium for visual art? Focusing on renowned artists such as Lygia Clark, Marina Abramovic and Angelica Mesiti, Susan Best examines how bodies are configured in late modern and contemporary art. She identifies three main ways in which they are used as material and argues that these formulations allow for the exposure of pressing social and psychological issues. In skilfully aligning this new typology for body art and performance with critical theory, she raises questions pertaining to gender, inter-subjectivity, relation and community that continue to dominate both our artistic and cultural conversation.

How does something as potent and evocative as the body become a relatively neutral artistic material? From the 1960s, much body art and performance conformed to the anti-expressive ethos of minimalism and conceptualism, whilst still using the compelling human form. But how is this strange mismatch of vigour and impersonality able to transform the body into an expressive medium for visual art? Focusing on renowned artists such as Lygia Clark, Marina Abramovic and Angelica Mesiti, Susan Best examines how bodies are configured in late modern and contemporary art. She identifies three main ways in which they are used as material and argues that these formulations allow for the exposure of pressing social and psychological issues. In skilfully aligning this new typology for body art and performance with critical theory, she raises questions pertaining to gender, inter-subjectivity, relation and community that continue to dominate both our artistic and cultural conversation.

Do you feel stuck? Are you open to making some life changes based on experiential information that is both honest and relatable? In A Helper Suitable, author Susan Best seeks to inspire and motivate every woman who wants to experience positive personal and relational change not only in the way she thinks but also in how she relates to her man. Written from a Christian woman's perspective, Best provides guidance and advice to change the trajectory of your relationship through four key elements. She prompts you to honestly evaluate yourself, your life, and your relationship through the filters of love and persistent prayer, with God being your helper. A Helper Suitable combines a wealth of information gathered from the Bible and from Best's observations, research, and conversations to help you be with a godly husband. Written for everyone from a seasoned lady, to middle-aged women, to the young, and single and those soon-to-be wed, Best offers a guide for becoming a better helper to your man.

Do you feel stuck? Are you open to making some life changes based on experiential information that is both honest and relatable? In A Helper Suitable, author Susan Best seeks to inspire and motivate every woman who wants to experience positive personal and relational change not only in the way she thinks but also in how she relates to her man. Written from a Christian woman's perspective, Best provides guidance and advice to change the trajectory of your relationship through four key elements. She prompts you to honestly evaluate yourself, your life, and your relationship through the filters of love and persistent prayer, with God being your helper. A Helper Suitable combines a wealth of information gathered from the Bible and from Best's observations, research, and conversations to help you be with a godly husband. Written for everyone from a seasoned lady, to middle-aged women, to the young, and single and those soon-to-be wed, Best offers a guide for becoming a better helper to your man.

By offering a new way of thinking about the role of politically engaged art, Susan Best opens up a new aesthetic field: reparative aesthetics. The book identifies an innovative aesthetic on the part of women photographers from the southern hemisphere, who against the dominant modes of criticality in political art, look at how cultural production can be reparative. The winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand best book award in 2017, Reparative Aesthetics contributes an entirely new theory to the interdisciplinary fields of aesthetics, affect studies, feminist theory, politics and photography. Conceptually innovative and fiercely original this book will move us beyond old political and cultural stalemates and into new terrain for analysis and reflection.

By offering a new way of thinking about the role of politically engaged art, Susan Best opens up a new aesthetic field: reparative aesthetics. The book identifies an innovative aesthetic on the part of women photographers from the southern hemisphere, who against the dominant modes of criticality in political art, look at how cultural production can be reparative. The winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand best book award in 2017, Reparative Aesthetics contributes an entirely new theory to the interdisciplinary fields of aesthetics, affect studies, feminist theory, politics and photography. Conceptually innovative and fiercely original this book will move us beyond old political and cultural stalemates and into new terrain for analysis and reflection.