Contemporary Art in the Conflicts of Globalization by Jonatha... - 9781032129051

Contemporary Art in the Conflicts of GlobalizationAuthor(s): Jonathan Harris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032129051, 978-1032129051\nSynopsis\nContemporary Art in the Conflicts of Globalization presents an authoritative introductory guide to the emergence, development, and meanings of contemporary art around the world from the era of twentieth-century western colonialism to the crises and conflicts of globalization over the last three decades.\n\nExamining contemporary arts connections to and breaks from modern art in the last century, the study offers an innovative account of its artists formation during the era of decolonization after 1945 and the Cold War. Through a series of complementary analytic perspectives, the book considers the cultural politics of the global art world, its patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and charts contemporary arts relations to feminist, anti-racist, and climate change activi.