"In 'Conceptual Art and Painting,' Charles Harrison reconsiders Conceptual Art in light of renewed interest in the original movement and of the various forms of 'neo-Conceptual Art.' The essays are written from the point of view of Art & Language, the artistic movement based in England - and briefly in the United States - with which Harrison has been associated since 1970. Harrison discusses developments in the movement since 1991, during which time there have been major retrospectives of its work at the Musée du Jeu de Paume in Paris, the Antonio Tapies Foundation in Barcelona, and PS1 in New York. He also addresses larger issues of painting as an art, the representation of the female body, and the relation of art to its audience." -- publisher's statement.