Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst

Indispensable! The long-awaited new "Begriffslexikon zur zeitgenössischen Kunst" offers on 376 pages a compact overview of the most important phenomena of contemporary art. In 90 essays, leading theoreticians of our time describe, analyse and evaluate the development of art from 1960 to the present in a pointed manner. At the same time, the discourses influential for art are presented and their power of cultural definition is illuminated and questioned. The intellectualization of art history and art theory that has been observed for several decades is characterized, among other things, by its interdisciplinary approach: In addition to the traditional questions and methods, discourse-analytical, socio-historical, gender-theoretical, media-analytical, postcolonial and image-scientific perspectives have long since established themselves. This is especially true for the time.