The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds

herausgegeben von Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg und Peter Weibel

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"Globalism is another new normal with ambiguous implications, and this primer, edited by Hans Belting, A ndrea Buddensieg and Peter Weibel, charts at least one aspect of its development. The book originated as an exhibition catalog in Germany and was conceived largely from a European perspective, which should prove refreshing for readers who chafe at the exceptionalist attitude of the American art mainstream. More important, the book covers a lot of historical ground, taking that tectonic year 1989 as its starting point and using the explosion of international biennials and triennials for an art-world map utterly different from the one that existed a generation or two ago."

About the author

Holland Cotter has been a staff art critic at The New York Times since 1998. In 2009, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.  

Quelle: The New York Times, Style T Magazine, Holiday Gift Guide 2013, Buch Nr. 54