Published for '21st Century: Art in the First Decade', an exhibition organised by the Queensland Art Gallery and held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia, 18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011. It highlights the Queensland Art Gallery's significant collection of contemporary art from over 40 countries across six continents, with a focus on works created between 2000 and 2010. '21st Century', a multi-platform project, also incorporates a blog, public programs, interactive artists’ projects for children and families, and three film programs. The present volume is one of two publications accompanying the exhibition. It combines an exhibition catalogue with contextual essays by curators at the Queensland Art Gallery as well as contributions by leading Australian and international writers. Together they examine current directions in art practice and also the conditions for art and exhibition making in the 21st century. List of works and contributors' biographies included.

Note: Only Asian participating artists are listed below.
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Onsite

Location code
EX.AUS.TFC
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2010

No of pages

296

ISBN / ISSN

9781921503177

No of copies

2

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Editor's Introduction - Miranda WALLACE

Part 1

In this together: The aesthetics of inclusion - Kathryn WEIR

More than half the world: Asian and Pacific artists in the 21st century - Russell STORER

21st century recession art - Nicholas CHAMBERS

Real-time curating: Participatory image-making in art and culture - José DA SILVA

Now and then - David BURNETT

Symbols, metaphors, sorrow and joy: Australian artists in the global frame - Julie EWINGTON

Part 2

The cross-cultural and the Contemporary - Kobena MERCER

Profiles in currency: Contemporary art today - Terry SMITH

Aboriginal art and globalisation - Ian MCLEAN

Time to restage the world: Theorising a new and complicated sense of solidarity - Nancy ADAJANIA

Life full of holes: Contemporary art and bare life - T.J. DEMOS

Delegated performance: Outsourcing authenticity - Claire BISHOP

I saw the horse piss - Juliana ENGBERG

Los museos del sur (Museums of the South) - Manuel J. BORJA-VILLEL

Please don't touch - Rex BUTLER

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21st Century: Art in the First Decade