Bibliograph

Contemporary art, a very short introduction, Julian Stallabrass

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Label

Contemporary art, a very short introduction, Julian Stallabrass

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Contemporary art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1231206238

Responsibility statement

Julian Stallabrass

Series statement

Very short introductions, 146

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

"In this Very Short Introduction Julian Stallabrass gives a clear view on the diverse and rapidly moving scene of contemporary art. Exploring art's striking globalisation from the 1990s onwards, he analyses how new regions and nations, such as China, have leapt into astonishing prominence, over-turning the old Euro-American dominance on aesthetics. Showing how contemporary art has drawn closer to fashion and the luxury goods market as artists have become accomplished marketers of their work, Stallabrass discusses the reinvention of artists as brands. This new edition also considers how once powerful art criticism has mutated into a critical and performative writing at which many artists excel. Above all, behind the insistent rhetoric of freedom and ambiguity in art, Stallabrass explores how big business and the super-rich have replaced the state as the primary movers of the contemporary art scene, especially since the financial crisis, and become a powerful new influence over the art world."--Publisher description

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