Art in question / [edited by Karen Raney].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raney, Karen.

Arts Council of England.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century.

Art, Modern.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[London?] : Arts Council of England ; London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

Art in Question explores the role of contemporary art within today's wider visual culture. This richly illustrated book brings together a series of specially commissioned interviews with leading, international artists, art historians, theorists and curators: Bill ViolaGriselda PollockRichard WentworthBarbara KrugerSadie PlantOkwui EnwezorMartin KempWJT MitchellHani RashidArt has always been argued over, never more than in our own times. Today, the parameters of art are being redefined by new ideas about what really constitutes art, by new technologies, by new cultural perceptions of race and gender, by new theories about the role of the artist and by a changing museum culture.

Contents:

1 W. J. T. Mitchell 40

2 Bill Viola 68

3 Okwui Enwezor 90

4 Barbara Kruger 114

5 Griselda Pollock 130

6 Hani Rashid 158

7 Martin Kemp 182

8 Richard Wentworth 214

9 Sadie Plant 236.

Notes:

Interviews with W.J.T. Mitchell, Bill Viola, Okwui Enwezor, Barbara Kruger, Griselda Pollock, Hani Rashid, Martin Kemp, Richard Wentworth, and Sadie Plant.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826461816

0826461824

OCLC:

52511989