The Politics of Contemporary Art Biennials: Spectacles of Critique, Theory and Art

by Panos Kompatsiaris

Book Overview

Contemporary art biennials are sites of prestige, innovation and experimentation, where the category of art is meant to be in perpetual motion, rearranged and redefined, opening itself to the world and its contradictions. They are sites of a seemingly peaceful cohabitation between the elitist and the popular, where the likes of Jeff Koons encounter the likes of Guy Debord, where Angela Davis and Frantz Fanon share the same ground with neoliberal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367376687
• ISBN13: 9780367376680
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"