Contemporary Art (2nd Edition)

A Very Short Introduction

De: Julian Stallabrass

Narrado por: Corrie James

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but the art world is changing. In a landscape of increasing globalization, there is growing interest in questions over the nature of contemporary art today and the identity of who is controlling its future. In the midst of this, contemporary art continues 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.

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Julian Stallabrass gives a clear view on the diverse and rapidly moving scene of contemporary art. Exploring art's striking globalization from the 1990s onward, he analyzes how new regions and nations, such as China, have leapt into astonishing prominence, over-turning the old Euro-American dominance on aesthetics. Showing how contemporary art has drawn closer to fashion and the luxury goods market as artists have become accomplished marketers of their work, Stallabrass discusses the reinvention of artists as brands. This new edition also considers how once powerful art criticism has mutated into a critical and performative writing at which many artists excel.

©2020 Julian Stallabrass (P)2021 Tantor

WELL COMPOSED

I am listening and I am learning alot from a socio politicial and a socio economic.

Just a rant, not much about art.

This book will teach you nothing about art. It is instead a rant against the strawman of “neoliberalism” using scattered anecdotes about art to just complain more and more.
You will learn nothing about contemporary artists, art movements, ideas, or achievements.
Moreover, you won’t learn much about the current economic or political landscape where contemporary art takes place, except for a few references to world events and dynamics picked conveniently by the author to just keep complaining while ignoring any relevant information that contradicts his dogmatic views.