The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds (Mit Press)

ISBN 10: 0262518341 / ISBN 13: 9780262518345

Published by The MIT Press, 2013

Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Seller Inventory # mon0000014951

Synopsis:

Mapping the new geography of the visual arts, from the explosion of biennials to the emerging art markets in Asia and the Middle East.

The geography of the visual arts changed with the end of the Cold War. Contemporary art was no longer defined, exhibited, interpreted, and acquired according to a blueprint drawn up in New York, London, Paris, or Berlin. The art world distributed itself into art worlds. With the emergence of new art scenes in Asia and the Middle East and the explosion of biennials, the visual arts have become globalized as surely as the world economy has. This book offers a new map of contemporary art's new worlds.

The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds documents the globalization of the visual arts and the rise of the contemporary over the last twenty years. Lavishly illustrated, with color throughout, it tracks developments ranging from exhibition histories and the rise of new art spaces to art's branding in such emerging markets as Hong Kong and the Gulf States. Essays treat such subjects as curating after the global turn; art and the migration of pictures; the end of the canon; and new strategies of representation.

About the Author: <DIV>Hans Belting has been Professor of Art History at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich and has taught at Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, and the É cole des Hautes É tudes in Paris. He is a cofounder of the Karlsruhe University for Arts and Design (Hochschule fü r Gestaltung).</DIV><br /><br /><DIV>Andrea Buddensieg is Curator and Project Manager of ZKM's GAM (Global Art and the Museum) project, from which the research for this publication emerged.</DIV><br /><br />Peter Weibel is Chairman and CEO of ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. He is the editor or coeditor of other ZKM volumes including <I>ICONOCLASH</I>, <I>Making Things Public</I>, <I>Sound Art</I>, <I>Global Activism</I>, and <I>Critical Zones</I> (all published by the MIT Press).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New ...
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good