{"product_id":"biennials-triennials-and-documenta-the-exhibitions-that-created-contemporary-art-paperback","title":"Biennials, Triennials, and Documenta: The Exhibitions That Created Contemporary Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive global history of biennialization from the rise of the European star-curator in the 1970s to the emergence of mega-exhibitions in Asia in the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces a global array of case studies to illustrate the trajectory of biennials and their growing influence on artistic expression, from the Biennale de la M diterran e in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955, the second Havana Biennial of 1986, New York's Whitney Biennial in 1993, and the 2002 \u003ci\u003eDocumenta11 \u003c\/i\u003ein Kassel, to the Gwangju Biennale of 2014\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the evolving curatorial approaches to biennials, including analysis of the roles of sponsors, philanthropists and biennial directors and their re-shaping of the contemporary art scene\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the history of biennials as a means of illustrating and inciting further discussions of globalization in contemporary art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and insightful new treatise, Charles Green and Anthony Gardner examine in-depth the history and popularization of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or biennials, and their impact on contemporary art since the 1950s. From the 1972 director-driven \u003ci\u003edocumenta 5\u003c\/i\u003e at Kassel to the rise of mega-exhibitions across Asia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the renewed ascendancy of gargantuan biennials in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century, \u003ci\u003eBiennials, Triennials and Documenta\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive history of biennialization that is global in scope. In addition to interrogating specific curatorial models and methods, Green and Gardner use the history of biennials as a means of illustrating and inciting further discussions of globalization in contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a comprehensive global array of case studies seamlessly connected through shrewd narrative analysis, this innovative new book will be essential reading for curatorial and museum studies students and scholars, aspiring curators, gallerists, and all those interested in the exhibition of contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engaging and insightful new treatise, Charles Green and Anthony Gardner examine in-depth the history and popularization of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or \"biennials\", and their impact on contemporary art since the 1950s. From the 1972 director-driven \u003ci\u003edocumenta 5\u003c\/i\u003e at Kassel to the rise of mega-exhibitions across Asia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the renewed ascendancy of gargantuan biennials in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century, \u003ci\u003eBiennials, Triennials and Documenta\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive history of biennialization that is global in scope. In addition to interrogating specific curatorial models and methods, Green and Gardner use the history of biennials as a means of illustrating and inciting further discussions of globalization in contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a comprehensive global array of case studies seamlessly connected through shrewd narrative analysis, this innovative new book will be essential reading for curatorial and museum studies students and scholars, aspiring curators, gallerists, and all those interested in the exhibition of contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Green\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hand: Artist Collaborations from Conceptualism to Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003ePeripheral Vision: Contemporary Australian Art 1970-94\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eFraming Conflict: War, Peace and Aftermath\u003c\/i\u003e (2014, with L. Brown and J. Cattapan). As Adjunct Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria he co-curated \u003ci\u003eFieldwork: Australian Art 1968-\u003c\/i\u003e2002 (2002), \u003ci\u003eworld rush_4 artists \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003e2004: Australian Visual Culture Now \u003c\/i\u003e(ACMI\/NGVA, 2004), and \u003ci\u003e2006: Contemporary Commonwealth \u003c\/i\u003e(ACMI\/NGVA, 2006). Green is also an artist working in collaboration with Lyndell Brown since 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Gardner\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePolitically Unbecoming: Postsocialist Art Against Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), the editor of \u003ci\u003eMapping South: Journeys in South-South Cultural Relations \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and a co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eArtMargins\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457719353597,"sku":"9781444336658","price":70.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/SVdQRFlWQ1ZtbXFCNXhCOHNqb1l2Zz09.webp?v=1777242929","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/biennials-triennials-and-documenta-the-exhibitions-that-created-contemporary-art-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}