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Author Philipsen, Lotte.

Title Globalizing Contemporary Art : the art world's new internationalism.

Publication Info. Santa Barbara : Aarhus University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages)
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Summary Today, contemporary art is a global phenomenon. Biennales, museums, art fairs, galleries, auction houses, academies and audiences for contemporary visual art are all institutions whose presence on a global scale has widened tremendously during the past two decades. Thus, by including contemporary art from non-Western regions, these traditional Western art institutions have not only broadened their scope to a greater extent, but have also been challenged themselves by the new cultural, economic and media world order of globalization. How contemporary art is made 'international' is the subject of.
Contents Front Matter; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction. New Internationalism; The (un)official status of New Internationalism; The discourse of New Internationalism; 'Western', 'non-Western', 'global', and 'globalization'; The global art institution; Chapter 1. The art of old and new internationalism; The hegemony of Western art (history); Western art history; Art; Complexity; Chapter 2. Exhibiting artistic modernism and modernity; Documenta and New Internationalism; Becoming 'Western'; 'Primitivism' in 20th Century Art; Socio-global Documentas; Magiciens de la terre.
The problem of postmodern multiculturalismThe new international antagonism; Tropicália; China Avant-garde; Havana biennial; Chapter 3. Racial, sexual and aesthetic differences in art; Postcolonial theory; Black Art; From Black Art to black representation; Feminism; Art and aesthetics; The concept of art; Habitual institutional management; Chapter 4. New international influences; Localism; Contemporary art in ethnographic museums; Visual culture; Urbanism; Chapter 5. Global dimensions of contemporary art; World art; New media art; The art market; New international potentials of capitalism.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196).
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Subject Art and globalization.
Art and globalization.
Art, Modern.
Art, Modern.
Internationalism in art.
Internationalism in art.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9788779346079
ISBN 9788779343481
8779343481
9788779346079
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