The Contemporary Condition: Introductory Thoughts on Contemporaneity and Contemporary Art

by Jacob Lund and Geoff Cox

What do we mean when we say that something is contemporary? And what should the designator "contemporary art" refer to? An immediate response would be that contemporary art is an art of the present, that it somehow addresses and expresses the present. But what is this present? What constitutes the present present or the contemporary contemporary? This first book in the Contemporary Condition series introduces some of the key issues concerning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3956792815
• ISBN13: 9783956792816
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.6" x 7.3"