Theory in contemporary art since 1985 / edited by Zoya Kocur and Simon Leung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kocur, Zoya, editor.

Leung, Simon, 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--20th century--Philosophy.

Art, Modern.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 527 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Summary:

"Updated and reorganized to offer the best collection of state-of-the-art readings on the role of critical theory in contemporary art, this second edition of Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 brings together scholarly essays, artists' statements, and art reproductions to capture the vibrancy and dissonance that define today's art scene. Incorporates new and updated topics that have become central to art theory and practice over the past decade New and updated chapters cover such topics as: international biennials, historicizing of the term "contemporary art", aesthetics, art and politics, feminism and pornography, ecology and art, the Middle East and conflict studies, Eastern European art and politics, gender and war, and technology Features a thematic reconfiguration of sections and new introductions to make readings user-friendly Extensively illustrated throughout with an expanded color-plate section New contributions to this edition include those by Alexander Alberro, Claire Bishop, T.J. Demos, Anthony Downey, Liam Gillick, Marina Gr?ini?, Mary Kelly, Chantal Mouffe, Beatriz Preciado, Jacques Ranciere, Blake Stimson, and Chin-Tao Wu. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The intellectual field: a world apart / Pierre Bourdieu

When form has become attitude - and beyond / Thierry de Duve

One place after another: notes on site specificity / Miwon Kwon

Biennials without borders? / Chin-Tao Wu

Periodising contemporary art / Alexander Alberro

Contemporary art and the politics of aesthetics / Jacques Rancière

A note on Gerhard Richter's October 18, 1977 / Benjamin H.D. Buchloh

Notes on surface: toward a genealogy of flatness / David Joselit

Informe without conclusion / Rosalind Krauss

Video projection: the space between screens / Liz Kotz

How to provide an artistic service: an introduction / Andrea Fraser

Conversation pieces: the role of dialogue in socially-engaged art / Grant Kester

Antagonism and relational aesthetics / Claire Bishop

The war on culture / Carole S. Vance

AIDS: cultural analysis/cultural activism / Douglas Crimp

Architecture of the evicted / Rosalyn Deutsche

Gender is burning: questions of appropriation and subversion / Judith Butler

Looking for trouble / Kobena Mercer

The mythology of difference: vulgar identity politics at the Whitney Biennial / Charles A. Wright Jr.

Haunted TV / Avital Ronell

The architecture of porn: museum, urban detritus, and cinematic stag-rooms / Beatriz Preciado

Cultural workers as organic intellectuals / Chantal Mouffe

The Marco Polo syndrome: some problems around art and Eurocentrism / Gerardo Mosquera

In the "heart of darkness" / Olu Oguibe

The syncretic turn: cross-cultural practices in the age of multiculturalism / Jean Fisher

Authenticity, reflexivity, and spectacle: or, the rise of new Asia is not the end of the world / Lee Weng Choy

All-owning spectatorship / Trinh T. Minh-Ha

Ruins, fragmentation, and the Chinese modern/postmodern / Wu Hung

Re-politicizing art, theory, representation and new media technology / Marina Gržinić

Miming the master: boy-things, bad girls, and femmes vitales / Mary Kelly

Zones of indistinction: Giorgio Agamben's 'Bare life' and the politics of aesthetics / Anthony Downey

The database / Lev Manovich

For the love of abstraction / Blake Stimson

The politics of sustainability: art and ecology / T.J. Demos

Appendix: Letters and responses. Contingent factors: a response to Claire Bishop's "Antagonism and relational aesthetics" / Liam Gillick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1444338579

9781444338577

OCLC:

798132382

Publisher Number:

99952451206