'A unique set of conditions produced in both space and time and ranging across material, social, political and economic relations, Situation is now a key concept in 21st-century art. This anthology traces its evolution from the 1960s emergence of site-specific art to its divergent implications in the global era. Among the topics surveyed are the limits of site; the role of the artist as ethnographer or fieldworker; the relation between action and public space; the meaning of place and locality; and the crucial role of the curator in new situation-specific art.

'Artists surveyed include: Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alÿs, Artist Placement Group, Michael Asher, Bik Van der Pol, Daniel Buren, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Adam Chodzko, Tacita Dean, Andrea Fraser, Liam Gillick, Renée Green, Group Material, Robert Irwin, Emily Jacir, Július Koller, Langlands & Bell, Ligna, Lu Jie, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jonathan Monk, Robert Morris, Gabriel Orozco, Walid Ra’ad, Paul Rooney, Martha Rosler, Robert Smithson, Vivan Sundaram, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Krzysztof Wodiczko and Qiu Zhijie.

'Writers include: Arjun Appadurai, Marc Augé, Wim Beeren, Josephine Berry Slater, Daniel Birnbaum, Marcus Brüderlin, Michel de Certeau, Douglas Crimp, Gilles Deleuze, T. J. Demos, Rosalyn Deutsche, Charles Esche, Patricia Falguières, Hal Foster, Hou Hanru, Mary Jane Jacob, Vasif Kortun, Miwon Kwon, George E. Marcus, Doreen Massey, James Meyer, Brian O’Doherty, Craig Owens, Jan Verwoert and Peter Weibel.' (Back cover)

Situation is one of the Documents of Contemporary Art series, co-published by Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Other sourcebooks of the same series are also available in the Archive. For more details, please go to this page.
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Documents of Contemporary Art

Access level

Onsite

Location code
REF.WHC
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2009

No of pages

240

ISBN / ISSN

9780854881734

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction: Situation - Claire DOHERTY

The Limits of Site

Fieldwork

Action and Public Space

Place and Locality

The Curatorial Imperative

Situation
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