In the mid-1980s the sprouting of new movements that had driven modern art since the nineteenth century finally went dormant, sputtering out with a last few half-hearted lels ('pattern painting', 'neo-geo', 'commodity art'). But this was not the end of art history -- far from it. In the years since, art's creative development has remained more vibrant than ever, resulting in a staggering diversity of new forms. Defining Contemporary Art responds to this unique landscape with an innovative approach to art history. Assembled and written by eight of the most prominent curators working today, all of whom have both witnessed and shaped this period, Defining Contemporary Art tells the story of the two hundred pivotal artworks of the past twenty-five years. These artworks include not only the most talked out pieces but also the quietly influential works, those which may have been overlooked at the time of their making but which went on to change the paradigm of their era. Arranged year by year, these two hundred works provide a true chronological depiction of creativity in our era, forming a mosaic in which readers may find their own patterns..

Defining Contemporary Art: 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks

Arts & Photography

Birnbaum, Daniel

Butler, Cornelia H.

Cotter, Suzanne

History & Criticism

Phaidon Press

REAL WORLD-PB

Archer, Michael

Modern Art Oxford

Imran Qureshi (born 1972) is one of the most visible and popular representatives of Pakistan’s contemporary art scene. Schooled in the demanding and precise techniques of miniature painting, he employs symbolism and ornamentation from the Mogul tradition that blossomed in the north of the Indian subcontinent during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In his own idiosyncratic way, Qureshi combines these traditional motifs and techniques with conceptualism and abstract painting, and keen observations of current-day Pakistan are in evidence throughout this young painter’s work. His images convey reflections on the relationship between the West and the Muslim world and the region’s multitude of issues around religion, terrorism and military policy. Honored by Deutsche Bank with its annual Artist of the Year award, Qureshi will realize an installation on the roof terrace of The Metropolitan Museum in New York in the summer of 2013.

Imran Qureshi

Hütte, Friedhelm

Naqvi, Amna

Whiles, Virginia

Hatje Cantz

Michael Krebber: The Living Wedge: Vol. 2 (English and German Edition)

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

"A comprehensive study of the field of kinetic art which, although practiced by many notable artists, has remained relatively hidden from a large audience because of its under-representation in art museums and publications. Force Fields examines the entire history of the art form, covering works from the 1920's through the 1980's. Featured artists include Marcel Duchamp, Lazslo Moholy-Nagy, Alexander Calder, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Jean Tinguely, Henri Michaux, James Whitney, Takis, Fran ois Morellet, Jesus Rafael Soto, Pol Bury, Sergio Camargo, Sol LeWitt, Gego, Helio Oticia, Mira Schendel, Lygia Clark, Robert Smithson, Gordon Matta-Clark, Agnes Denes, Hans Haacke, Medalla, Dieter Roth, Len Lye, Liliane Lijn, Julio le Parc, Li Yuan-Chia, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Leandre Crist/fol and John Latham, among others."

FORCE FIELDS-PHASES OF THE KINETIC

ACTAR, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

With new photography documenting Julie Mehretu’s (born 1970) studio process, plus details and large-scale reproductions of paintings and drawings, and essays by renowned authors, this book documents her richly layered visual universe.

Julie Mehretu: A Universal History of Everything and Nothing

WARNER, Marina

MAALOUF, AMIN

Mousse Publishing

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