Synopses & Reviews
Art in Question explores the role of contemporary art within today's wider visual culture. This richly illustrated book brings together a series of specially commissioned interviews with leading, international artists, art historians, theorists and curators: Bill ViolaGriselda PollockRichard WentworthBarbara KrugerSadie PlantOkwui EnwezorMartin KempWJT MitchellHani RashidArt has always been argued over, never more than in our own times. Today, the parameters of art are being redefined by new ideas about what really constitutes art, by new technologies, by new cultural perceptions of race and gender, by new theories about the role of the artist and by a changing museum culture.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-270) and index.
Synopsis
Art in Question explores the role of contemporary art within today's wider visual culture. This richly illustrated book brings together a series of specially commissioned interviews with leading, international artists, art historians, theorists and curators: Bill ViolaGriselda PollockRichard WentworthBarbara KrugerSadie PlantOkwui EnwezorMartin KempWJT MitchellHani RashidArt has always been argued over, never more than in our own times. Today, the parameters of art are being redefined by new ideas about what really constitutes art, by new technologies, by new cultural perceptions of race and gender, by new theories about the role of the artist and by a changing museum culture.