Globalization and Contemporary Art [Paperback]

In a series of newly commissioned essays by both established and emerging scholars, Globalization and Contemporary Art probes the effects of internationalist culture and politics on art across a variety of media. Globalization and Contemporary Art is the first anthology to consider the role and impact of art and artist in an increasingly borderless world.

• First major anthology of essays concerned with the impact of globalization on contemporary art
• Extensive bibliography and a full index designed to enable the reader to broaden knowledge of art and its relationship to globalization
• Unique analysis of the contemporary art market and its operation in a globalized economy

List of Illustrations.

Notes on Contributors.

Introduction: Globalization and Contemporary Art: A Convergence of Peoples and Ideas (Jonathan Harris).

Part 1: Institutions.

Introduction.

1 Real Time and Real Time at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Vivianne Barsky).

2 Peddling Time When Standing Still: Art Remains in Lebanon and the Globalization That Was (Walid Sadek).

3 Homogeneity or Individuation? A Long View of the Critical Paradox of Contemporary Art in a Stateless Nation (Peter Lord).

4 Museums in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity: Fred Wilson's Mining the Museum (1992) (Walter Mignolo).

5 Africus Johannesburg Biennale 1995: Butisi Tart? (Natasha Becker).

Part 2: Formations.

Introduction.

6 Post-Crisis: Scenes of Cultural Change in Buenos Alƒ'