Contemporary Art

1989 to the Present

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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An engaging 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. Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary art since 1989Each topic is prefaced by an introduction on current discussions in the field and investigated by three essays, each shedding light on the subject in new and contrasting waysTopics include: globalization, formalism, technology, participation, agency, biennials, activism, fundamentalism, judgment, markets, art schools, and scholarshipInternational in scope, bringing together over forty of the most important voices in the field, including Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs Media Collective, and Jan VerwoertA stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventions and foster critical dialogue among both students and art aficionados

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-18
Mått:160 x 236 x 30 mm
Vikt:785 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:512
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781444338607

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Alexander Dumbadze is assistant professor of contemporary art at George Washington University. He is president of the Society of Contemporary Art Historians and a cofounder of the Contemporary Art Think Tank. He has written essays for a number of international exhibition catalogues, and is a recipient of the Creative Capital| Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. His book Bas Jan Ader: Death is Elsewhere is forthcoming in 2013.Suzanne Hudson is assistant professor of contemporary art at the University of Southern California. She is president emeritus and chair of the executive committee of the Society of Contemporary Art Historians and a cofounder of the Contemporary Art Think Tank. In addition to her work as an art historian, she is an active critic whose work has appeared in international exhibition catalogues and such publications as Parkett, Flash Art, and Art Journal; she is a regular contributor to Artforum. In 2009 she published Robert Ryman: Used Paint, and Painting Now is forthcoming in 2013.

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“Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 August 2013)

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors ixINTRODUCTION 1Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson1 THE CONTEMPORARY AND GLOBALIZATION 5Worlds Apart: Contemporary Art, Globalization, and the Rise of Biennials 7Tim Griffin“Our” Contemporaneity? 17Terry SmithThe Historicity of the Contemporary is Now! 28Jean-Philippe Antoine2 ART AFTER MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM 37Elite Art in an Age of Populism 39Julian Stallabrass“Of Adversity we Live!” 50Monica AmorMaking it Work: Artists and ContemporaryArt in China 60Pauline J. Yao3 FORMALISM 70Form Struggles 72Jan VerwoertFormalism Redefined 84Anne EllegoodThe World in Plain View: Form in the Service of the Global 95Joan Kee4 MEDIUM SPECIFICITY 105The (Re)Animation of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Art 107Sabeth BuchmannMedium Aspecificity/Autopoietic Form 117Irene V. SmallSpecificity 126Richard Shiff5 ART AND TECHNOLOGY 137Test Sites: Fabrication 139Michelle KuoInhabiting the Technosphere: Art and Technology Beyond Technical Invention 149Ina BlomConceptual Art 2.0 159David Joselit6 BIENNIALS 169In Defense of Biennials 171Massimiliano GioniCurating in Heterogeneous Worlds 178Geeta KapurBiennial Culture and the Aesthetics of Experience 192Caroline A. Jones7 PARTICIPATION 202Participation 204Liam Gillick and Maria LindThe Ripple Effect: “Participation” as an Expanded Field 214Johanna BurtonPublicity and Complicity in Contemporary Art 224Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy8 ACTIVISM 232Activism 234Andrea GiuntaKnit Dissent 245Julia Bryan-WilsonLight from a Distant Star: A Meditation on Art, Agency, and Politics 254Raqs Media Collective9 AGENCY 265Participation in Art: 10 Theses 267Juliane RebentischFusions of Powers: Four Models of Agency in the Field of Contemporary Art, Ranked Unapologetically inOrder of Preference 277Tirdad ZolghadrLife Full of Holes: Contemporary Art and Bare Life 287T. J. Demos10 THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM 298Monotheism à la Mode 300Sven LüttickenFreedom’s Just Another Word 311Terri WeissmanOn the Frontline: The Politics of Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistani Art 322Atteqa Ali11 JUDGMENT 331Judgment’s Troubled Objects 333João RibasA Producer’s Journal, or Judgment A Go-Go 346Frank SmigielAfter Criticism 357Lane Relyea12 MARKETS 367Globalization and Commercialization of the Art Market 369Olav VelthuisThree Perspectives on the Market 379Mihai Pop, Sylvia Kouvali, and Andrea RosenUntitled 388Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri13 ART SCHOOLS AND THE ACADEMY 406Lifelong Learning 408Katy SiegelArt without Institutions 420Anton VidokleWill the Academy Become a Monster? 429Pi Li14 SCHOLARSHIP 436Our Literal Speed 438Our Literal SpeedGlobalization, Art History, and the Specter of Difference 447Chika Okeke-AguluThe Academic Condition of Contemporary Art 457Carrie Lambert-BeattyIndex 467