Contemporary Art

For the first time, this volume examines the astounding cultural output of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, set in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Working from a wide range of disciplines, including art history, theology, musicology, and cultural studies, a distinguished group of scholars demonstrate ho..

By focusing on the advanced ICT methods now being employed, this volume details the long-lasting effects and advances now made possible in art history and its associated disciplines. The authors analyze the most advanced and significant tools and technologies, evaluating their impact and projecting ..

By focusing on the advanced ICT methods now being employed, this volume details the long-lasting effects and advances now made possible in art history and its associated disciplines. The authors analyze the most advanced and significant tools and technologies, evaluating their impact and projecting ..

In this innovative book, author Christine Filippone offers the first focused examination of the conceptual use of science and technology by women artists during and just after the women’s movement. She argues that artists Alice Aycock, Agnes Denes, Martha Rosler and Carolee Schneemann used science a..

This book introduces a new impetus to the discussion of the relationship between touch and sculpture by setting up a dialogue between art historians and individuals who are working in disciplines beyond art history. The collection brings together a diverse set of approaches, with essays tackling sub..

This book focuses upon the socially interventionist and activist agendas of contemporary art biennials during and in response to the current economic crisis...

Wide-ranging and timely, The Practice of Public Art brings together practicing artists, curators, activists, art writers, administrators, city planners, and educators from the United Kingdom and United States to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of the public art process. The Practice ..

This book links two fields of interest which are too seldom considered together: the production and critique of art in public space and social behaviour in the public realm. Case studies consider a broad range of public art, including commissioned and unofficial artworks, memorials, street art, stre..

This book links two fields of interest which are too seldom considered together: the production and critique of art in public space and social behaviour in the public realm. Case studies consider a broad range of public art, including commissioned and unofficial artworks, memorials, street art, stre..

This book explores the relationship between the ongoing urbanization in China and the production of contemporary Chinese art since the beginning of the twenty-first century...

This book explores the relationship between the ongoing urbanization in China and the production of contemporary Chinese art since the beginning of the twenty-first century...

Wonder has an established link to the history and philosophy of science. However, there is little acknowledgement of the relationship between the visual arts and wonder. In this book, artists, curators and art theorists give accounts of their approach to wonder through the use of materials, objects ..