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Contemporary Art: a Very Short Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0192806467

ISBN-13: 9780192806468

Edition: 2006

Authors: Julian Stallabrass

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Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? What is its role today, and who is controlling its future? Bloody toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and embroidered tents. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break taboos, flout generally received ideas, and switch between confronting viewers with works of great emotional profundity and jaw-dropping triviality. But away from shock tactics in the gallery, there are many unanswered questions. Who is really running the art world? What effect has America's growing political and cultural dominance had on art?Julian Stallabrass takes us inside the…    
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Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.85" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Julian Stallabrass is Professor of Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. He is the author of Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art, High Art Lite: The Rise and Fall of Young British Art, and other books.

Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
A zone of freedom?
New world order
Consuming culture
Uses and prices of art
The rules of art now
Contradictions
References
Index