Re-envisioning the contemporary art canon : perspectives in a global world / edited by Ruth E. Iskin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iskin, Ruth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and globalization--History--20th century.

Art and globalization.

Art and globalization--History--21st century.

Canon (Art).

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

Re-envisioning the Contemporary Art Canon: Perspectives in a Global World seeks to dissect and interrogate the nature of the present-day art field, which has experienced dramatic shifts in the past fifty years. In discussions of the canon of art history, the notion of "inclusiveness," both at the level of rhetoric and as a desired practice is on the rise and gradually replacing talk of "exclusion," which dominated critiques of the canon up until two decades ago. The art field has dramatically, if insufficiently, changed in the half-century since the first protests and critiques of the exclusion of "others" from the art canon. With increased globalization and shifting geopolitics, the art field is expanding beyond its Euro-American focus, as is particularly evident in the large-scale international biennales now held all over the globe. Are canons and counter-canons still relevant? Can they be re-envisioned rather than merely revised? Following an introduction that discusses these issues, thirteen newly commissioned essays present case studies of consecration in the contemporary art field, and three commissioned discussions present diverse positions on issues of the canon and consecration processes today. This volume will be of interest to instructors and students of contemporary art, art history, and museum and curatorial studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Artists 43

1 Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore: Casualties of a backfiring canon? / Tirza True Latimer Latimer, Tirza True 45

2 Jean-Michel Basquiat and the American art canon / Jordana Moore Saggese Saggese, Jordana Moore 59

3 Sheila Hicks and the consecration of fiber art / Elissa Auther Auther, Elissa 74

4 The elephant in the church: Ai Weiwei, the media circus and the global canon / Wenny Teo Teo, Wenny 88

5 El Anatsui's abstractions:Transformadons, analogies and the new global / Elizabeth Harney Harney, Elizabeth 105

Part II Mediums/media 123

6 The apotheosis of video art / William Kaizen Kaizen, William 125

7 Performance art: Part of the canon? / Jennie Klein Klein, Jennie 138

8 Street art: Critique, commodification, canonization / Paula J. Bimbaum Bimbaum, Paula J. 154

9 New media art and canonization: A round-robin conversation / Sarah Cook Cook, Sarah, Karin de Wild Wild, Karin de 171

Part III Exhibitions, museums, markets 187

10 On the canon of exhibition history / Felix Vogel Vogel, Felix 189

11 Canonizing Hitler's "degenerate art" in three American exhibitions, 1939-1942 / Jennifer McComas McComas, Jennifer 203

12 Museum relations / Martha Buskirk Buskirk, Martha 219

13 The commodification of the contemporary artist and high-profile solo exhibition: The case of Takashi Murakami / Ronit Milano Milano, Ronit 239

14 Troubling canons: Curating and exhibiting women's and feminist art, a roundtable discussion / Helena Reckitt Reckitt, Helena 252

15 The contemporary art canon and the market: a roundtable discussion / Jonathan T.D. Neil Neil, Jonathan T.D. 272.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138192683

1138192686

9781138192690

1138192694

OCLC:

953175485