What Is Contemporary Art?

by Terry Smith

Book Overview

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today's multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What is Contemporary Art?

Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a return to mainstream modernism in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226764311
• ISBN13: 9780226764313
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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