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Theory in contemporary art since 1985

"Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 is an anthology that captures the essence and the edge of the contemporary art scene. Focusing on key theoretical and aesthetic issues in contemporary art in cultural, historical, and socio-political contexts - including media, architecture, postmodernism, multiculturalism, identity politics, censorship, AIDS, postcolonialism, globalization, technology, and spectatorship - this volume brings together a broad selection of contributions that map out the role that critical theory has played in contemporary art." "This anthology mixes established and emergent art voices, including scholars, curators, critics, and artists. Interdisciplinary in approach and drawing on a wide variety of sources, Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 brings together scholarly essays, artists' statements, and art reproductions to capture the vibrancy and dissonance that defines today's art scene."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2005
Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA, 2005
Aufsatzsammlung
xxiii, 444 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
9780631228684, 9780631228677, 0631228683, 0631228675
53178560
The intellectual field / Pierre Bourdieu
When form has become attitude, and beyond / Thierry de Duve
One place after another / Miwon Kwon
The curator's moment / Michael Brenson
How to provide an artistic service / Andrea Fraser
Conversation pieces: the role of dialogue in socially engaged art / Grant Kester
'yBa' as critique / James Gaywood
Video projection / Liz Kot
The war on culture / Carole S. Vance
Feminist fundamentalism / Carole S. Vance
AIDS: cultural analysis/cultural activism / Douglas Crimp
Architecture of the evicted / Rosalyn Deutsche
Gender is burning / Judith Butler Cornered: a video installation project / Adrian Piper
The mythology of difference / Charles A. Wright, Jr
Haunted TV / Avital Ronell The Marco Polo syndrome / Gerardo Mosquera
In the 'Heart of darkness' / Olu Oguibe
The syncretic turn / Jean Fisher
Authenticity, reflexivity & spectacle / Lee Weng Choy
All-owning spectatorship / Trinh T. Minh-Ha
A note on Gerhard Richter's October 18, 1977 / Benjamin Buchloh
Notes on surface: toward a genealogy of flatness / David Joselit
Ruins, fragmentation, and the Chinese modern/postmodern / Wu Hung
Function and field / Nana Last
1989 / Juli Carson
Postmodernism and periphery / Nelly Richard
Looking for trouble / Kobena Mercer
Repossessing popular culture / Laura Kipnis
The lightness of theory / John Rajchman
Informe without conclusion / Rosalind Krauss
The database / Lev Manovich
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