Becoming Past: History in Contemporary Art

by Jane Blocker

Book Overview

Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary, after all--as much as we may want to consider it otherwise--is being made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this moving target? These questions lie at the center of Jane Blocker's Becoming Past. The important point is not whether there is--or should be--contemporary art history, Blocker argues, but how.

Focusing on a significant aspect of current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816696985
• ISBN13: 9780816696987
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"