{"product_id":"theory-in-contemporary-art-since-1985-isbn-9781444338577","title":"Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985","description":"Updated and reorganized to offer the best collection of state-of-the-art readings on the role of critical theory in contemporary art, this second edition of \u003ci\u003eTheory in Contemporary Art since 1985\u003c\/i\u003e brings together scholarly essays, artists’ statements, and art reproductions to capture the vibrancy and dissonance that define today’s art scene.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates new and updated topics that have become central to art theory and practice over the past decade\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew and updated chapters cover such topics as: international biennials, historicizing of the term “contemporary art”, aesthetics, art and politics, feminism and pornography, ecology and art, the Middle East and conflict studies, Eastern European art and politics, gender and war, and technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a thematic reconfiguration of sections and new introductions to make readings user–friendly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExtensively illustrated throughout with an expanded color-plate section\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew contributions to this edition include those by Alexander Alberro, Claire Bishop, T.J. Demos, Anthony Downey, Liam Gillick, Marina Gr?iniæ, Mary Kelly, Chantal Mouffe, Beatriz Preciado, Jacques Ranciere, Blake Stimson, and Chin-Tao Wu.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eText, Figure, and Plate Credits viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow To Use this Book xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Field of Contemporary Art 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Intellectual Field: A World Apart (1990) 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePierre Bourdieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 When Form Has Become Attitude – And Beyond (1994) 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThierry de Duve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 One Place After Another: Notes on Site Specificity (1997) 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiwon Kwon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Biennials without Borders? (2009) 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChin-Tao Wu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Periodising Contemporary Art (2009) 64\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Alberro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Contemporary Art and the Politics of Aesthetics (2009) 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacques Rancière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Practices and Models\/Rethinking Form and Medium 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A Note on Gerhard Richter’s October 18, 1977 (1989) 94\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin H. D. Buchloh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Notes on Surface: Toward a Genealogy of Flatness (2000) 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Joselit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Informe without Conclusion (1996) 118\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosalind Krauss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Video Projection: The Space Between Screens 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiz Kotz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 How to Provide an Artistic Service: An Introduction (1994) 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrea Fraser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Conversation Pieces: The Role of Dialogue in Socially-Engaged Art (2003) 153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrant Kester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics (2004) 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaire Bishop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Culture\/Identities\/Political Agency 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The War on Culture (1990) 203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarole S. Vance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 AIDS: Cultural Analysis\/Cultural Activism (2002) 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDouglas Crimp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Architecture of the Evicted (1990) 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosalyn Deutsche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Gender is Burning: Questions of Appropriation and Subversion (1993) 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Looking for Trouble (1993) 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKobena Mercer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Mythology of Difference: Vulgar Identity Politics at the Whitney Biennial (1993) 263\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles A. Wright, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Haunted TV (1992) 280\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAvital Ronell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Architecture of Porn: Museum, Urban Detritus, and Cinematic Stag-rooms (2012) 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeatriz Preciado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cultural Workers as Organic Intellectuals (2008) 299\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChantal Mouffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Postcolonial Critiques 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Marco Polo Syndrome: Some Problems around Art and Eurocentrism (1993) 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerardo Mosquera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 In the “Heart of Darkness” (1993) 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlu Oguibe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Syncretic Turn: Cross-Cultural Practices in the Age of Multiculturalism (1996) 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Authenticity, Reflexivity, and Spectacle: Or, the Rise of New Asia is not the End of the World (2004) 338\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLee Weng Choy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 All-Owning Spectatorship (1991) 354\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTrinh T. Minh-Ha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Ruins, Fragmentation, and the Chinese Modern\/Postmodern (1998) 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWu Hung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Art Subjects\/Historical Subjects 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Re-politicizing Art, Theory, Representation and New Media Technology (2008) 388\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarina Gržinić\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Miming the Master: Boy-Things, Bad Girls, and Femmes Vitales (1996) 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Kelly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Zones of Indistinction: Giorgio Agamben’s ‘Bare Life’ and the Politics of Aesthetics (2009) 416\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Downey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Database (2001) 435\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLev Manovich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 For the Love of Abstraction (2008) 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlake Stimson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Politics of Sustainability: Art and Ecology (2009) 466\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eT. J. Demos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Letters and Responses Contingent Factors: A Response to Claire Bishop’s “Antagonism and Relational Aesthetics” 486\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiam Gillick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 498\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoya Kocur\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent scholar based in New York. She has taught at New York University and the Rhode Island School of Design, and is the former Associate Curator of Education at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eGlobal Visual Cultures: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and, as co-editor, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Art and Multicultural Education\u003c\/i\u003e (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSimon Leung\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist based in New York and Los Angeles, and Professor of Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine, where he heads the New Genres area. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, Venice Biennale, and the Guangzhou Triennial.   \u003cp\u003eSince its initial publication in 2005, \u003ci\u003eTheory in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e has established itself as an indispensable resource for scholars of art theory. Featuring an updated theoretical framework and the addition of numerous writings reflecting the latest developments in the field, the Second Edition captures the vibrancy of the contemporary art scene and the role of critical theory within it. The volume combines core texts from the first edition with state-of-the-art theoretical writings, and juxtaposes non-Western viewpoints with those from mainstream art centers. This edition also assembles a dazzling array of academics, artists, curators, and critics to explore a range of new topics on the art theory agenda, including: the proliferation of international biennials; genealogy of the term “contemporary art”; the relationship between aesthetics and politics; feminism and pornography; ecology and art; the Middle East and conflict studies; global capitalism and Eastern European art; gender and war; and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Here are urgent things to read—including texts by artists who 'live within' theory.  Not only analytical arguments but models for the expansion of history, politics and aesthetics. “\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eJosiah McElheny, artist, New York City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Kocur’s and Leung’s thought-provoking new anthology makes me envy today’s students and their professors. User-friendly, devoid of jargon, this volume zeroes in on issues that are at the core of contemporary art practices, offering a view of the current state of theory, and of the interrelation between art and theory, that is both synthetic and chronological.  I cannot imagine a better guide to navigate through all the transformations art has gone through since 1980 in response to those of the world at large. This anthology is a delight, and an immense service to the field of contemporary studies.”\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eYve-Alain Bois, Institute for Advanced Study\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990380822757,"sku":"NP9781444338577","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444338577.jpg?v=1761787594","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/theory-in-contemporary-art-since-1985-isbn-9781444338577","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}