What Was Contemporary Art?

by Richard Meyer

Book Overview

Not only does contemporary art have a history, but all works of art were once contemporary to the artist and culture that produced them.

Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as if the very idea of art that is contemporary is new. Yet all works of art were once contemporary. In What Was Contemporary Art? Richard Meyer reclaims the contemporary from historical amnesia, and gives the contemporary its own...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262135086
• ISBN13: 9780262135085
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher