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Contemporary art : 1989 to the present / edited by Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson

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Editor:
Dumbadze, Alexander Blair 1973-  Search this
Hudson, Suzanne Perling 1977-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 493 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2013
20th century
21st century
Contents:
Introduction / Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson -- 1. The contemporary and globalization -- Worlds apart: contemporary art, globalization, and the rise of biennials / Tim Griffin -- "Our" contemporaneity? / Terry Smith -- The historicity of the contemporary is now! / Jean-Philippe Antoine -- 2. Art after modernism and postmodernism -- Elite art in an age of populism / Julian Stallabrass -- "Of adversity we live!" / Monica Amor -- Making it work: artists and contemporary art in China / Pauline J. Yao -- 3. Formalism -- Form struggles / Jan Verwoert -- Formalism redefinied / Anne Ellegood -- The world in plain view: form in the service of the global / Joan Kee -- 4. Medium specificity -- The (re)animation of medium specificity in contemporary art / Sabeth Buchmann -- Medium aspecificity/autopoietic form / Irene V. Small -- Specificity / Richard Shiff -- 5. Art and technology -- Test sites: fabrication / Michelle Kuo -- Inhabiting the technosphere: art and technology beyond technical invention / Ina Blom -- Conceptual art 2.0 / David Joselit -- 6. Biennials -- In defense of biennials / Massimiliano Gioni -- Curating in heterogeneous worlds / Geeta Kapur -- Biennial culture and the aesthetics of experience / Caroline A. Jones -- 7. Participation -- Participation / Liam Gillick and Maria Lind -- The ripple effect: "participation" as an expanded field / Johanna Burton -- Publicity and complicity in contemporary art / Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy -- 8. Activism -- Activism / Andrea Giunta -- Knit dissent / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Light from a distant star: a meditation on art, agency, and politics / Raqs Media Collective -- 9. Agency -- Participation in art: 10 theses / Juliane Rebentisch -- Fusions of powers: four models of agency in the field of contemporary art, ranked unapologetically in order of preference / Tirdad Zolghadr -- Life full of holes: contemporary art and bare life / T.J. Demos -- 10. The rise of fundamentalism -- Monotheism à la mode / Sven Lütticken -- Freedom's just another word / Terri Weissman -- On the frontline: the politics of terrorism in contemporary Pakistani art / Atteqa Ali -- 11. Judgment -- Judgment's troubled objects / João Ribas -- A producer's journal, or judgment a go-go / Frank Smigiel -- After criticism / Lane Relyea -- 12. Markets -- Globalization and commercialization of the art market / Olav Velthuis -- Three perspectives on the market / Mihai Pop, Sylvia Kouvali, and Andrea Rosen -- Untitled / Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri -- 13. Art schools and the academy -- Lifelong learning / Katy Siegel -- Art without institutions / Anton Vidokle -- Will the academy become a monster? / Pi Li -- 14. Scholarship -- Our literal speed / Our Literal Speed -- Globalization, art history, and the specter of difference / Chika Okeke-Agulu -- The academic condition of contemporary art / Carrie Lambert-Beatty
Summary:
"An integrated account of today's contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_999549