Contemporary Art

An engaging account of today s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world. Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary art since 1989 Each topic is prefaced by an introduction on current discussions in the field and investigated by three essays, each shedding light on the subject in new and contrasting ways Topics include: globalization, formalism, technology, participation, agency, biennials, activism, fundamentalism, judgment, markets, art schools, and scholarship International in scope, bringing together over forty of the most important voices in the field, including Sof a Hern ndez Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs Media Collective, and Jan Verwoert A stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventions and foster critical dialogue among both students and art aficionados

An engaging account of today's contemporary art world thatfeatures original articles by leading international art historianscritics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives onthe most important debates and discussions happening around theworld.* Features a collection of all-new essays, organized aroundfourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates incontemporary art since 1989* Each topic is prefaced by an introduction on currentdiscussions in the field and investigated by three essays, eachshedding light on the subject in new and contrasting ways* Topics include: globalization, formalism, technologyparticipation, agency, biennials, activism, fundamentalismjudgment, markets, art schools, and scholarship* International in scope, bringing together over forty of themost important voices in the field, including SofíaHernández Chong Cuy, David Joselit, Michelle Kuo, Raqs MediaCollective, and Jan Verwoert* A stimulating guide that will encourage polemical interventionsand foster critical dialogue among both students and artaficionados

Contributors ixINTRODUCTION 1Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson1 THE CONTEMPORARY AND GLOBALIZATION 5Worlds Apart: Contemporary Art, Globalization, and the Rise ofBiennials 7Tim Griffin"Our" Contemporaneity? 17Terry SmithThe Historicity of the Contemporary is Now! 28Jean-Philippe Antoine2 ART AFTER MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM 37Elite Art in an Age of Populism 39Julian Stallabrass"Of Adversity we Live!" 50Monica AmorMaking it Work: Artists and ContemporaryArt in China 60Pauline J. Yao3 FORMALISM 70Form Struggles 72Jan VerwoertFormalism Redefined 84Anne EllegoodThe World in Plain View: Form in the Service of the Global95Joan Kee4 MEDIUM SPECIFICITY 105The (Re)Animation of Medium Specificity in Contemporary Art107Sabeth BuchmannMedium Aspecificity/Autopoietic Form 117Irene V. SmallSpecificity 126Richard Shiff5 ART AND TECHNOLOGY 137Test Sites: Fabrication 139Michelle KuoInhabiting the Technosphere: Art and Technology Beyond TechnicalInvention 149Ina BlomConceptual Art 2.0 159David Joselit6 BIENNIALS 169In Defense of Biennials 171Massimiliano GioniCurating in Heterogeneous Worlds 178Geeta KapurBiennial Culture and the Aesthetics of Experience 192Caroline A. Jones7 PARTICIPATION 202Participation 204Liam Gillick and Maria LindThe Ripple Effect: "Participation" as an ExpandedField 214Johanna BurtonPublicity and Complicity in Contemporary Art 224Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy8 ACTIVISM 232Activism 234Andrea GiuntaKnit Dissent 245Julia Bryan-WilsonLight from a Distant Star: A Meditation on Art, Agency, andPolitics 254Raqs Media Collective9 AGENCY 265Participation in Art: 10 Theses 267Juliane RebentischFusions of Powers: Four Models of Agency in the Field ofContemporary Art, Ranked Unapologetically inOrder of Preference 277Tirdad ZolghadrLife Full of Holes: Contemporary Art and Bare Life 287T. J. Demos10 THE RISE OF FUNDAMENTALISM 298Monotheism à la Mode 300Sven LüttickenFreedom's Just Another Word 311Terri WeissmanOn the Frontline: The Politics of Terrorism in ContemporaryPakistani Art 322Atteqa Ali11 JUDGMENT 331Judgment's Troubled Objects 333João RibasA Producer's Journal, or Judgment A Go-Go 346Frank SmigielAfter Criticism 357Lane Relyea12 MARKETS 367Globalization and Commercialization of the Art Market 369Olav VelthuisThree Perspectives on the Market 379Mihai Pop, Sylvia Kouvali, and Andrea RosenUntitled 388Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri13 ART SCHOOLS AND THE ACADEMY 406Lifelong Learning 408Katy SiegelArt without Institutions 420Anton VidokleWill the Academy Become a Monster? 429Pi Li14 SCHOLARSHIP 436Our Literal Speed 438Our Literal SpeedGlobalization, Art History, and the Specter of Difference 447Chika Okeke-AguluThe Academic Condition of Contemporary Art 457Carrie Lambert-BeattyIndex 467