'Century City explores the relationship between the metropolis and the creation of art. It focuses not only on the traditional twentieth-century art centres of Paris, New York, Vienna, Moscow and London; but also on other intensely creative environments: Bombay/ Mumbai, Lagos, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. These cities have been the sites for pioneering artistries, for paradigm shifts in modern art. Moving from 1900 to the present, the project focuses on cultural flashpoints which have illuminated the twentieth century and which continue to ignite contemporary culture. Century City also shows that visual art does not develop in isolation but rather in dialogue with a wide variety of cultural expressions such as design, architecture, film, dance, music and literature. Century City is thus classic and contemporary, global and local, cross cultural but with a firm focus on visual art.[...]' (Foreword by Lars Nittve, Century City)

This publication accompanies the exhibition under the same title at Tate Modern, London, from February to April 2001. Further readings and list of exhibited works are included in the book.

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EX.UNK.CCA
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2001

No of pages

296

ISBN / ISSN

1854373447

No of copies

1

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Century City - Iwona BLAZWICK

Bombay/ Mumbai 1992-2001 - Geeta KAPUR, Ashish RAJADHYAKSHA

Lagos 1955-1970 - Okwui ENWEZOR, Olu OGUIBE

London 1990-2001 - Emma DEXTER

Moscow 1916-1930 - Lutz BECKER

New York 1969-1974 - Donna DE SALVO

Paris 1905-1915 - Serge FAUCHEREAU

Rio De Janeiro 1950-1964 - Paulo Venancio FILHO

Tokyo 1967-1973 - Reiko TOMII, 富井玲子

Vienna 1908-1918 - Richard CALVOCORESSI, Keith HARTLEY

How Urban Culture was Saved in the Levant - Joachim SCHLOER

How to Create a Culture Capital: Reflections on Urban Markets and Places - Sharon ZUKIN

Other Cities, Other Futures - Ziauddin SARDAR

Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis
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Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis