"Show/Tell 10: All of a Sudden. Things that Matter in Contemporary Art" Discussion
Ludlow 38 / The Goethe-Institut New York
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For Show/Tell 10 the Goethe-Institut New York presents a book launch of Jörg Heiser’s newest publication All of a Sudden. Things that Matter in Contemporary Art. The book launch will be followed by a conversation between Heiser, the author and co-editor of frieze, and art critic and writer Brian Sholis.
Contemporary art has been booming like never before. There is more of everything—more artists, more collectors, more galleries, more art fairs, more museums, more biennials . . . with one exception: criteria with which the art of the moment can be understood, judged, praised and, if need be, damned. Jörg Heiser provides a sharp summary of contemporary art since Marcel Duchamp. Using many artworks as example, the author identifies some central ideas and artistic methods that seem important for understanding what fuels art’s progress into the future.
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June 25, 2008 from 19:00