Forgetting the Art World

by Pamela M. Lee

Book Overview

The work of art's mattering and materialization in a globalized world, with close readings of works by Takahashi Murakami, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Hirschhorn, and others.

It may be time to forget the art world--or at least to recognize that a certain historical notion of the art world is in eclipse. Today, the art world spins on its axis so quickly that its maps can no longer be read; its borders blur. In Forgetting the Art World,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017733
• ISBN13: 9780262017732
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher