Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. An essential collection of texts reflecting on the cultural and political complexities of translation in global contemporary artistic practices. The movement of glo... Lees meer.

Without boredom arguably there is no modernity. the current sense of the word emerged simultaneously with industrialisation mass politics and consumerism. From Manet onwards when art represents the everyday within modern life encounters with tedium are inevitable.... Lees meer.

The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and contemporary art and on the vast range of cultural practices and discourses on which artists draw. From robots and cat videos to ice cream socials The Cute explores the ramifications... Lees meer.

Part of the acclaimed Documents of Contemporary Art series of anthologies . ...this volume persuasively argues that there can be an aesthetics to ethics. - Stan Douglas Artist The boundary of a contemporary art object or project is no longer thought of solely in phys... Lees meer.

Part of the acclaimed Documents of Contemporary Art series of anthologies . Amidst current global uncertainty failure has become a central subject of investigation in recent art. Artists have actively claimed the space of failure to propose a resistant view of th... Lees meer.

Activism is a critical point of contention for institutions and genealogies of contemporary art around the world. Yet artists have consistently engaged in activist discourse lending their skills to social movements and regularly participating in civil and social right... Lees meer.

Across the world walking remains a vital way to assert one s presence in public space and discourse. Foregrounding work by Black artists Indigenous artists and artists of colour working-class artists LGBTQI artists disabled artists and neurodiverse artists as wel... Lees meer.

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Explores the processes and techniques which function within the field of contemporary art yet challenge its boundaries and even its existence.... Lees meer.

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Contextualises a recent focus on the subject of work in art addressing work s meaning both within art and in its wider economic and social context.... Lees meer.

Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth s surface dividing and connecting humans who carry saltwater in their blood sweat and tears. At the same time oceans represent a powerful nonhuman force rising flooding heating and raging in unprecedented ways as th... Lees meer.

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Presents thirty countries and more than one hundred contemporary artists. Contrary to the popular myth of the inarticulate artist the literature of contemporary art is rich and varied and until now widely scattered. Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art is t... Lees meer.

From the hexing of presidents to a renewed interest in herbalism and atavistic forms of self-care magic has furnished the contemporary imagination with mysterious and complex bodies of arcane thought and practice. This volume brings together writings by artists magici... Lees meer.

Ambitious and interdisciplinary this long-awaited collaboration is a landmark presentation of the writings of contemporary artists. These influential essays interviews and critical and theoretical comments provide bold and fertile insights into the construction of vi... Lees meer.

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