Art & Today
ISBN-13:
9780714866000
ISBN-10:
0714866008
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Eleanor Heartney
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
Phaidon Press
Format:
Paperback
440 pages
Category:
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Art
,
Encyclopedias & Subject Guides
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ISBN-13:
9780714866000
ISBN-10:
0714866008
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Eleanor Heartney
Publication date:
2013
Publisher:
Phaidon Press
Format:
Paperback
440 pages
Category:
History
,
Arts History & Criticism
,
Art
,
Encyclopedias & Subject Guides
Summary
Art & Today (ISBN-13: 9780714866000 and ISBN-10: 0714866008), written by authors
Eleanor Heartney, was published by Phaidon Press in 2013.
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Description
Art & Today is an innovative and extensive survey of international contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Over four hundred of the most significant contemporary artists from around the world are represented in this comprehensive overview - some emerging, some mid-career, and others long established. Each of the book's sixteen chapters address recurring and relevant themes as diverse as "Art & Popular Culture," "Art & Its Institutions," and "Art & Globalism," rather than follow a strict chronological, geographical, or stylistic structure. Lively and up-to-date, Art & Today explores an era in which art defies simple categorization. The result is a surprising and original yet clear and reasoned perspective on contemporary art that breaks from prescribed classifications to offer a survey as expansive as the art it describes. For instance, in the chapter "Art & the Body," one might find performance discussed alongside figurative painting, sculpture and photography alongside video, and North American artists alongside Asian artists. The chapter "Art and Globalism" discusses artists whose nationality, generation, and medium are as diverse as those of Alan Sekula, Michal Rovner, Cildo Meireles, Manuel Ocampo, Chen Zhen, and Andreas Gursky. Internationally renowned art critic and scholar Eleanor Heartney is respected for her clear language and pragmatic approach to contemporary art. Her straightforward, engaging descriptions and explanations will appeal to both experts and newcomers alike, and will serve as an invaluable resource for years to come.
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