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Contemporary Painting in Context

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Contemporary Painting in Context presents a series of essays exploring the evolution of painting within the broader currents of contemporary culture and visuality. The book investigates how paintings are experienced and framed todayβ€”culturally, institutionally and experientially. It considers painting's reflection on historical changes in culture, visuality, and image production, seeking to explain these shifts through cultural history and visual culture studies. Divided into five parts, the book examines painting's cultural positioning, debates on its ontology, expanded materials and expressions, gender roles within painting, and its complex interactions with art institutions and markets.
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This scholarly volume is suited to readers interested in contemporary art theory, cultural studies, and visual culture. It will appeal to academics, art students, and professionals seeking a deeper understanding of painting's place and development in today's art world.

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Features essays that examine the transformation and expansion of the field of painting over the decades in relation to the more general lines of development in contemporary culture and visuality. This book is divided into five parts that pursue a distinct line of inquiry.

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These essays examine the transformation and expansion of the field of painting over the last decades in relation to the more general lines of development in contemporary culture and visuality. They pose questions like: How do paintings present themselves to us today; how are they 'framed' experientially, institutionally and culturally?

In which way can paintings of today be said to reflect and reflect on the historical transformations of culture, visuality and image production and consumption? Is it possible to explain some of the changes and extensions of the field of painting by placing it in the wider context of cultural history or visual culture studies?

Contemporary Painting in Context is divided into five parts, with each of them pursuing a distinct line of inquiry:

1. How to situate painting in a wider cultural context;

2. How to rethink the question of the ontology of painting;

3. How to define 'painting' today by taking into consideration that the discipline has assimilated a wealth of new means of expression and materials;

4. How to address the role of gender in painting;

5. How to address the complex relationship between painting, art institutions and the art market.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9788763525978

Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 2010

Country: Denmark

Imprint: Museum Tusculanum Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by Hans Dam Christensen
  • Edited by Anne Ring Petersen
  • Edited by Mikkel Bogh
  • Edited by Peter NΒΏrgaard Larsen

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 17.0mm

Height: 24.0mm

Weight: 624g

Pages: 220

About the Author

Anne Ring Petersen is associate professor in the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on contemporary art often in a cross-cultural perspective. Recent publications include the anthology Contemporary Painting in Context.

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