Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 23 March 2006
- ISBN 9780192806468
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages168 pages
- Size 174x111x10 mm
- Weight 151 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 24 halftones 0
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Short description:
What is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? Who is really running the art world?
This controversial and witty exploration of the dramatic changes that have taken place in the art world since the fall of the Berlin Wall provides a critical look at the reasons for the current art boom, and reveals the politics behind the business.
Long description:
Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? What is its role today, and who is controlling its future?
Bloody toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and embroidered tents. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, flout generally received ideas, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality. But away from shock tactics in the gallery, there are many unanswered questions. Who is really running the art world? What effect has America's growing political and cultural dominance had on art?
Julian Stallabrass takes us inside the international art world to answer these and other controversial questions, and to argue that behind contemporary art's variety and apparent unpredictability lies a grim uniformity. Its mysteries are all too easily explained, its depths much shallower than they seem. Contemporary art seeks to bamboozle its viewers while being the willing slave of business and government. This book is your antidote and will change the way you see contemporary art.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
'by far the most strident and polemic entry I've yet come across in Oxford's excellent series of "very short introductions"'
Table of Contents:
A Zone of Freedom?
A New World Order
Consuming Culture
Uses and Prices of Art
The Rules of Art Now
Contradictions
