Contemporary art : a very short introduction / Julian Stallabrass.
Contemporary art has never been so popular, but what is its role today and who is controlling its future? 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 prof...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
146. |
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | Contemporary art has never been so popular, but what is its role today and who is controlling its future? 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? Here 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. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in hardback as 'Art incorporated', 2004"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191517488 0191776173 1280762918 1429492058 9780191517488 9780191776175 9781280762918 9781429492058 |