- Hardcover: 648 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (22 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405107944
- ISBN-13: 978-1405107945
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 18 x 4.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,549,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This Companion represents a move away from the more traditionally conceived broad surveys of contemporary art available to date, and is refreshing in its innovative approach to this complex subject ... essential reading for students and scholars of contemporary art history, visual culture, and visual theory, and general readers just wishing to develop their understanding of this complex subject." Reference Reviews
“Provocative, wide–ranging, and impressively inclusive…a welcome and important addition for the understanding of the art of our historical present and a boon companion for the general reader, the artist, the student, the art historian and the critic alike.” Abigail Solomon–Godeau, University of California, Santa Barbara
“By keeping its finger on the pulse of the present, while commenting on the recent past, this book reminds us why contemporary art, and contemporary art history, matters." Geoffrey Batchen, City University of New York
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A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro–American context.
- Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.
- Contains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture.
- Offers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant–garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle.
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Supplemental Essays on Fresh Art History
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The reader will be sometimes disappointed, sometimes fascinated, sometimes frustrated, sometimes bored, and sometimes delighted with this extensive series of essays on the art world in America and Europe since WWII. As with most anthologies, the success of each chapter and section depends on the author's prose under editorial guidance. Only a few essays flow with life. Often I was crushed by dense boredom of unwarranted trivia and expansive interpretive perspectives (sometimes a cigar is just a good smoke) and disgruntled that favorite art movements are scarcely touched or entirely missed. Also, the heavy compensatory sociological discussions of feminism and gay/lesbian movements in art are highly repetitious. It quickly became apparent that the emphasis of the art scene here is on installations, performance, and multimedia conceptions over simple canvases and sculptures. Political agendas and the propaganda of rebellion take center stage. The artists themselves and the process of creation are mere ghosts. Despite such criticism, the book does discuss nicely aesthetics, ethnic diasporas, and also the new technology of digital imaging, electronics, and new materials. The scope of the book covers my entire life period, and I have followed the progress of the discussed movements since my youth. The book brought back memories and offered new insights. The Companion is just that, supplemental literature, and is not encyclopedic. I would not recommend the book for the general readership; instead, the art historian will find the book useful, particularly as an important reference, as notes and sources for further readings are included.
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