Global studies
Subtitle: mapping contemporary art and culture
By: Hans Belting ... [etc.] (eds.) ; texts by Julia T.S. Binter ... [et al.].
Series: GAM series; GAM series
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ostfildern
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9783775732024
Subjects: Art and globalization; Congresses; Modern Art; Art and society; Culture and globalization
Description: Alongside case studies of individual artists, Global Studies outlines the histories of various regional art practices, exhibitions and ideologies. Among the topics covered are Indonesia's art market bubble; Austrian documentary filmmakers Intersections series; Zimbabwean stone sculpture of the past decade; Alighiero Boetti's Afghan embroideries; the influence of Chinese aesthetics on the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Notes: "Global studies : mapping contemporary art and culture is the third volume in the publication series that is part of the project 'GAM-Global art and the museum,' initiated in 2006 at ZKM/Karlsruhe ... The essays in this volume represent the essence of two conferences held within the framework of this program"--P. 7.

"A ZKIII book"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Between local and global markets; title: Contemporaneity and commitment; title: Contemporary art as historical discourse; title: Representation between otherness and the global; title: Art under the conditions of its production.