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What Is Contemporary Art?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title What Is Contemporary Art?
Authors and Contributors      Edited by E-Flux Journal
SeriesSternberg Press / e-flux journal
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111
Category/GenreTheory of art
ISBN/Barcode 9781934105108
ClassificationsDewey:700.1 709.05
Audience
General
Illustrations 24 B&W ILLUS.

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 3 September 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

This book began as a two-part issue of e-flux journal devoted to the question- What is contemporary art? First, and most obviously- why is this question not asked? That is to say, why do we simply leave it to hover in the shadow of attempts at critical summation in the grand tradition of twentieth-century artistic movements? A single hegemonic "ism" has replaced clearly distinguishable movements and grand narratives. But what exactly does it mean to be working under the auspices of this singular ism?"Widespread usage of the term 'contemporary' seems so self-evident that to further demand a definition of 'contemporary art' may be taken as an anachronistic exercise in cataloguing or self-definition. At the same time, it is no coincidence that this is usually the tenor of such large, elusive questions- it is precisely through their apparent self-evidence that they cease to be problematic and begin to exert their influence in hidden ways; and their paradox, their unanswerability begins to constitute a condition of its own, a place where people work." e-flux journal- What Is Contemporary Art? puts the apparent simplicity and self-evident term into doubt, asking critics, curators, artists, and writers to contemplate the nature of this catchall or default category. Contributors Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle, Cuauhtemoc Medina, Boris Groys, Raqs Media Collective, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hu Fang, J rg Heiser, Martha Rosler, Zdenka Badovinac, Carol Yinghua Lu, Dieter Roelstraete, and Jan Verwoert e-flux journal Series edited by Julieta Aranda, Brian Kuan Wood, Anton Vidokle

Author Biography

Launched in 2008, e-flux journal is a monthly art publication featuring essays and contributions by some of the most engaged artists and thinkers working today.