This book addresses the art historical category of "contemporary art" from a transregional perspective, but unlike other volumes of its kind, it focuses in on non-Western instantiations of "the contemporary."
The book concerns itself with the historical conditions in which a radically new mode of artistic production, distribution, and consumption - called "contemporary art" - emerged in some countries of Eastern Europe, the post-Soviet republics of the USSR, India, Latin America, and the Middle East, following both local and broader sociopolitical processes of modernization and neoliberalization. Its main argument is that one cannot fully engage with the idea of the "global contemporary" without also paying careful attention to the particular, local, and/or national symptoms of the contemporary condition. Part I is methodological and theoretical in scope, while Part II is historical and documentary. For the latter, a number of case studies address the emergence of the category "contemporary art" in the context of Lebanon, Egypt, India, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, and Moldova.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, globalism, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies.
| ISBN: | 9780367550943 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2023 |
| Author: | Octavian Esanu |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Cultural studies Ethnic studies Colonialism and imperialism Sociology Anthropology History of art Globalization Economic theory and philosophy International economics Political economy Politics and government |
This book addresses the art historical category of "contemporary art" from a transregional perspective, but unlike other volumes of its kind, it focuses in on non-Western instantiations of "the contemporary."
The book concerns itself with the historical conditions in which a radically new mode of artistic production, distribution, and consumption - called "contemporary art" - emerged in some countries of Eastern Europe, the post-Soviet republics of the USSR, India, Latin America, and the Middle East, following both local and broader sociopolitical processes of modernization and neoliberalization. Its main argument is that one cannot fully engage with the idea of the "global contemporary" without also paying careful attention to the particular, local, and/or national symptoms of the contemporary condition. Part I is methodological and theoretical in scope, while Part II is historical and documentary. For the latter, a number of case studies address the emergence of the category "contemporary art" in the context of Lebanon, Egypt, India, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, and Moldova.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, globalism, cultural studies, and postcolonial studies.
Contemporary Art and Capitalist Modernization features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Cultural studies, Ethnic studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Sociology, Anthropology, History of art, Globalization, Economic theory and philosophy, International economics, Political economy, Politics and government
Contemporary Art and Capitalist Modernization is available in Paperback, Hardback
Contemporary Art and Capitalist Modernization was written by Octavian Esanu and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Contemporary Art and Capitalist Modernization has 288 pages
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