The politics of contemporary art biennials : : spectacles of critique, theory and art / / Panos Kompatsiaris.

Contemporary art biennials are sites of prestige, innovation and experimentation, where the category of art is meant to be in perpetual motion, rearranged and redefined, opening itself to the world and its contradictions. They are sites of a seemingly peaceful cohabitation between the elitist and th...

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Superior document:Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Routledge,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in art and visual studies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (198 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : biennials, politics, critique
  • 2. Histories, values and subjectivities
  • 3. The biennial-form, social visions and curatorial authorship
  • 4. Gaps between words and deeds, social movements and legitimacy crisis
  • 5. 7th Berlin biennale : enacting dissent, forget fear and occupy
  • 6. 3rd Athens biennale : reflective indeterminacy, MONODROME and the failure of the nation
  • 7. Conclusion : on being contemporary.