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What Is Contemporary Art? by Terry Smith (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art?. What Is Contemporary Art?.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226764311

ISBN-139780226764313

eBay Product ID (ePID)71134245

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWhat Is Contemporary Art?

Publication Year2009

SubjectHistory / Contemporary (1945-), Criticism & Theory, Australian & Oceanian, General

TypeTextbook

AuthorTerry Smith

Subject AreaArt

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight20.6 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-013809

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal709.05

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Contemporary Art Inside Out Part I Museums: Modern / Contemporary 1 Remodernizing Manhattan 2 Sublime-on-Hudson: Dia: Beacon Now 3 Sensation = Saatchi 4 Contemporizing the Tate Modern Part II Spectacles: Architecture / Sculpture 5 The Experience Museum: Bilbao and Beyond 6 The Intensity Exhibit: Barneyworld at McGuggenheim Part III Markets: Global / Local 7 Going Global: Selling Contemporary Art 8 From the Desert to the Fair Part IV Countercurrents: South / North 9 The Postcolonial Turn 10 Our Otherness: The Beauty of the Animal Part V Contemporaneity: Times / Places 11 Taking Time . . . 12 Art, Truth, and Politics Part VI. An Art Historical Hypothesis 13 What Is Contemporary Art? Notes Index

SynopsisWho gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today's multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What is Contemporary Art? Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a return to mainstream modernism in the work of such artists as Richard Serra and Gerhard Richter, as well as the retro-sensationalism of figures like Damien Hirst and Takashi Murakami. At the same time, Smith reveals, postcolonial artists are engaged in a different kind of practice: one that builds on local concerns and tackles questions of identity, history, and globalization. A younger generation embodies yet a third approach to contemporaneity by investigating time, place, mediation, and ethics through small-scale, closely connective art making. Inviting readers into these diverse yet overlapping art worlds, Smith offers a behind-the-scenes introduction to the institutions, the personalities, the biennials, and of course the works that together are defining the contemporary. The resulting map of where art is now illuminates not only where it has been but also where it is going.

LC Classification NumberN6497.S65 2009