'Since the mid-1990s, contemporary art has been booming like never before. There is more of everything - more artists, more collectors, more galleries, more art fairs, more musuems, more biennials... with one exception: criteria with which the art of the moment can be understood, judged, praised and, if need be, damned.
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.
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REF.HEJ3
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2008

No of pages

301

ISBN / ISSN

9781933128399

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1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

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

All of a Sudden: Things that Matter in Contemporary Art
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All of a Sudden: Things that Matter in Contemporary Art