Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes

Geeta Kapur,Kaelen Wilson-Goldie,Reid Shier

Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
23 September 2013
Pages
336
ISBN
9780714865362

Art Cities of the Future: 21st-Century Avant-Gardes

Geeta Kapur,Kaelen Wilson-Goldie,Reid Shier

Today the art world is more of a world in every sense, with a larger population, a wider territory and a greater number of nationalities. Its prevailing conversation, however, has yet to catch up. Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes uncovers twelve distinct avant-gardes that have emerged around the world in recent decades.

Twelve curators each selected eight artists to represent the avant-garde of a specific city. These artists are senior figures or newer faces, artists working in familiar mediums or inventing their own, but they all share two qualities: a commitment to experimental art and a dedication to their local milieu. In dialogue with larger concerns, their unique sensibility can be found nowhere else.

Lively, thought-provoking, comprehensive, and packed with more than 500 images, this book widens the expected historical narrative, allowing us to imagine a future of diverse aesthetics and shared concerns in the common language of contemporary art.

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