Contemporary Art

1989 to the Present
Eds: Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An engaging account of today's contemporary art world thatfeatures original articles by leading international art historians,critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives onthe most important debates and discussions happening around theworld.

Features a collection of all-new essays, organized aroundfourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates incontemporary art since 1989
Each topic is prefaced by an introduction on currentdiscussions in the field and investigated by three essays, eachshedding light on the subject in new and contrasting ways
Topics include: globalization, formalism, technology,participation, agency, biennials, activism, fundamentalism,judgment, markets, art schools, and scholarship
International in scope, bringing together over forty of themost important voices in the field, including SofíaHernández Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs MediaCollective, and Jan Verwoert
A stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventionsand foster critical dialogue among both students and artaficionados

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A444338660
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 510
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781444338669
• ISBN-10: 1444338668
• Artikelnr.: 36672757

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Contemporary and Globalization 3. Art After
Modernism and Postmodernism 4. Formalism 5. Medium Specificity 6. Art and
Technology 7. Biennial 8. Participation 9. Activism 10. Agency 11. The Rise
of Fundamentalism 12. Judgment 13. Markets 14. Art Schools 15. Scholarship

Rezensionen

"Interesting and pertinent topics [covered] are the globalization of the art world, the expansion of biennial and art fairs as venues, the use of technology as a medium, the theme of social activism, and the relevant education of the studio artist ... The essays are consistently well written and include copious notes ... Recommended." Choice (1 August 2013)