Joerg Heiser, co-editor of frieze magazine, provides a sharp summary of contemporary art since Marcel Duchamp. Using many artworks as example, the author identifies some central ideas and artistic methods that seem important for understanding what fuels art's progress into the future.' (back cover)
The book was originally written in German in 2007. The present publication is the English version translated by Nicholas Grindell. With selected bibliography and index.
Onsite
English
art criticism,  art theory,  art history
2008
301
9781933128399
1
monograph
Introduction: Good Cop, Bad Cop
Pathos versus Ridiculousness: Art with Slapstick
Bodiless Elegance versus Pungent Physicality: The Painting of Decisions
Illusions versus Anti-Illusion: Film/ Video in Exhibition Architectures
Art versus Market: The Logic of Unseizable Gratification
Epilog: Glowing Prospects
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