The Rise of the Contemporary Biennial offers a critical assessment of the current discussions around the subject of contemporary biennials and how these might be used to illuminate potential new approaches in this area of study.
By Rafal Niemojewski
Imprint: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 144
Introduction; Chapter 1. Biennial as the 'expanded field' or stage for global curating and biennial art; Chapter 2. From cultural hegemony to sites of residence (and back again): the social production of space and the heterodox agendas of the contemporary biennial in the age of global competition; Chapter 3. Guilt by association: (unfulfilled) promises of social engagement, activism; Conclusion. Where do we go from here? Mainstreaming the contemporary biennial: assimilation within the ecosystem and the market
