Contemporary Art
1989 to the Present
1st Edition
Published on 18. January 2013
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-1-4443-3860-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 1989
Each 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 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 the most important voices in the field, including Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs Media Collective, and Jan Verwoert
A stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventions and foster critical dialogue among both students and art aficionados
Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary art since 1989
Each 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 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 the most important voices in the field, including Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs Media Collective, and Jan Verwoert
A stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventions and foster critical dialogue among both students and art aficionados
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"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 August 2013)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
785 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4443-3860-7 (9781444338607)
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Persons
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.
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.
Content
Contributors ix
INTRODUCTION 1
Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson
1 THE CONTEMPORARY AND GLOBALIZATION 5
Worlds Apart: Contemporary Art, Globalization, and the Rise of Biennials 7
Tim Griffin
"Our" Contemporaneity? 17
Terry Smith
The Historicity of the Contemporary is Now! 28
Jean-Philippe Antoine
2 ART AFTER MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM 37
Elite Art in an Age of Populism 39
Julian Stallabrass
"Of Adversity we Live!" 50
Monica Amor
Making it Work: Artists and Contemporary
Art in China 60
Pauline J. Yao
3 FORMALISM 70
Form Struggles 72
Jan Verwoert
Formalism Redefined 84
Anne Ellegood
The World in Plain View: Form in the Service of the Global 95
Joan Kee
4 MEDIUM SPECIFICITY 105
The (Re)Animation of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Art 107
Sabeth Buchmann
Medium Aspecificity/Autopoietic Form 117
Irene V. Small
Specificity 126
Richard Shiff
5 ART AND TECHNOLOGY 137
Test Sites: Fabrication 139
Michelle Kuo
Inhabiting the Technosphere: Art and Technology Beyond Technical Invention 149
Ina Blom
Conceptual Art 2.0 159
David Joselit
6 BIENNIALS 169
In Defense of Biennials 171
Massimiliano Gioni
Curating in Heterogeneous Worlds 178
Geeta Kapur
Biennial Culture and the Aesthetics of Experience 192
Caroline A. Jones
7 PARTICIPATION 202
Participation 204
Liam Gillick and Maria Lind
The Ripple Effect: "Participation" as an Expanded Field 214
Johanna Burton
Publicity and Complicity in Contemporary Art 224
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy
8 ACTIVISM 232
Activism 234
Andrea Giunta
Knit Dissent 245
Julia Bryan-Wilson
Light from a Distant Star: A Meditation on Art, Agency, and Politics 254
Raqs Media Collective
9 AGENCY 265
Participation in Art: 10 Theses 267
Juliane Rebentisch
Fusions of Powers: Four Models of Agency in the Field of Contemporary Art, Ranked Unapologetically in
Order of Preference 277
Tirdad Zolghadr
Life Full of Holes: Contemporary Art and Bare Life 287
T. J. Demos
10 THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM 298
Monotheism a la Mode 300
Sven Luetticken
Freedom's Just Another Word 311
Terri Weissman
On the Frontline: The Politics of Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistani Art 322
Atteqa Ali
11 JUDGMENT 331
Judgment's Troubled Objects 333
Joao Ribas
A Producer's Journal, or Judgment A Go-Go 346
Frank Smigiel
After Criticism 357
Lane Relyea
12 MARKETS 367
Globalization and Commercialization of the Art Market 369
Olav Velthuis
Three Perspectives on the Market 379
Mihai Pop, Sylvia Kouvali, and Andrea Rosen
Untitled 388
Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri
13 ART SCHOOLS AND THE ACADEMY 406
Lifelong Learning 408
Katy Siegel
Art without Institutions 420
Anton Vidokle
Will the Academy Become a Monster? 429
Pi Li
14 SCHOLARSHIP 436
Our Literal Speed 438
Our Literal Speed
Globalization, Art History, and the Specter of Difference 447
Chika Okeke-Agulu
The Academic Condition of Contemporary Art 457
Carrie Lambert-Beatty
Index 467
INTRODUCTION 1
Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson
1 THE CONTEMPORARY AND GLOBALIZATION 5
Worlds Apart: Contemporary Art, Globalization, and the Rise of Biennials 7
Tim Griffin
"Our" Contemporaneity? 17
Terry Smith
The Historicity of the Contemporary is Now! 28
Jean-Philippe Antoine
2 ART AFTER MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM 37
Elite Art in an Age of Populism 39
Julian Stallabrass
"Of Adversity we Live!" 50
Monica Amor
Making it Work: Artists and Contemporary
Art in China 60
Pauline J. Yao
3 FORMALISM 70
Form Struggles 72
Jan Verwoert
Formalism Redefined 84
Anne Ellegood
The World in Plain View: Form in the Service of the Global 95
Joan Kee
4 MEDIUM SPECIFICITY 105
The (Re)Animation of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Art 107
Sabeth Buchmann
Medium Aspecificity/Autopoietic Form 117
Irene V. Small
Specificity 126
Richard Shiff
5 ART AND TECHNOLOGY 137
Test Sites: Fabrication 139
Michelle Kuo
Inhabiting the Technosphere: Art and Technology Beyond Technical Invention 149
Ina Blom
Conceptual Art 2.0 159
David Joselit
6 BIENNIALS 169
In Defense of Biennials 171
Massimiliano Gioni
Curating in Heterogeneous Worlds 178
Geeta Kapur
Biennial Culture and the Aesthetics of Experience 192
Caroline A. Jones
7 PARTICIPATION 202
Participation 204
Liam Gillick and Maria Lind
The Ripple Effect: "Participation" as an Expanded Field 214
Johanna Burton
Publicity and Complicity in Contemporary Art 224
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy
8 ACTIVISM 232
Activism 234
Andrea Giunta
Knit Dissent 245
Julia Bryan-Wilson
Light from a Distant Star: A Meditation on Art, Agency, and Politics 254
Raqs Media Collective
9 AGENCY 265
Participation in Art: 10 Theses 267
Juliane Rebentisch
Fusions of Powers: Four Models of Agency in the Field of Contemporary Art, Ranked Unapologetically in
Order of Preference 277
Tirdad Zolghadr
Life Full of Holes: Contemporary Art and Bare Life 287
T. J. Demos
10 THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM 298
Monotheism a la Mode 300
Sven Luetticken
Freedom's Just Another Word 311
Terri Weissman
On the Frontline: The Politics of Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistani Art 322
Atteqa Ali
11 JUDGMENT 331
Judgment's Troubled Objects 333
Joao Ribas
A Producer's Journal, or Judgment A Go-Go 346
Frank Smigiel
After Criticism 357
Lane Relyea
12 MARKETS 367
Globalization and Commercialization of the Art Market 369
Olav Velthuis
Three Perspectives on the Market 379
Mihai Pop, Sylvia Kouvali, and Andrea Rosen
Untitled 388
Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri
13 ART SCHOOLS AND THE ACADEMY 406
Lifelong Learning 408
Katy Siegel
Art without Institutions 420
Anton Vidokle
Will the Academy Become a Monster? 429
Pi Li
14 SCHOLARSHIP 436
Our Literal Speed 438
Our Literal Speed
Globalization, Art History, and the Specter of Difference 447
Chika Okeke-Agulu
The Academic Condition of Contemporary Art 457
Carrie Lambert-Beatty
Index 467