Author : Gary Willis
Publisher : UoM Custom Book Centre
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781921775185
The Key Issues Concerning Contemporary Art by Gary Willis Pdf
This thesis argues that the contemporary artist's objective is the production of new social space and the institution of new cultural knowledge. It does this by drawing an unexpected parallel between the social and political expectations facing the contemporary artist and the deepest philosophic conception of the artist's function. It traces art's historical trajectory from 20th century modernism, post-modernism to post-colonialism, from a broad range of critical, theoretical and curatorial perspectives.