Book 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 Sofía Hernández 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
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.
