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The artists who will change the world / Omar Kholeif ; introduction by Douglas Coupland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: [London] : Thames & Hudson, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500519967
  • 050051996X
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Contents:
Mapping the contemporary / preface by Omar Kholeif -- The cause but not the symptom / introduction by Douglas Coupland -- Technology : Jeremy Bailey ; James Bridle ; Ian Cheng ; DIS ; Constant Dullaart ; Guan Xiao ; Katja Novitskova ; Trevor Paglen ; Heather Phillipson ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Hito Steyerl ; Ryan Trecartin -- Identity : Jonathas de Andrade ; Zach Blas ; Andrea Crespo ; Celia Hempton ; Adam Linder ; Tala Madani ; James Richards ; Tejal Shah ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Amalia Ulman ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye -- Place : Nadim Abbas ; Assemble ; Cao Fei ; Cui Jie ; Theaster Gates ; Camille Henrot ; Iman Issa ; Samson Kambalu ; Lee Kit ; Basim Magdy ; Taus Makhacheva ; Koki Tanaka ; Adrián Villar Rojas ; Amanda Williams ; Zhou Tao -- Power : Lawrence Abu Hamdan ; Sophia Al-Maria ; Yto Barrada ; Zachary Cahill ; Simon Dennny ; GCC ; Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Jorge ; Jumana Manna ; Otobong Nkanga ; Christodoulos Panayiotou ; The Propeller Group ; Imran Qureshi ; Michael Rakowitz ; Hrair Sarkissian ; Kemang Wa ; Lehulere ; Xu Zhen.
Summary: With the birth of contemporary museum culture and the advent of digital technologies, the 21st century has brought a whole new means by which to access art and its histories. How do we re-map the realm of contemporary art in light of a more inclusive awareness, taking into account the unprecedented global movements of artists today and representing the divergent histories of geographies that were once peripheral? 'The Artists Who Will Change the World' is a new global map of art that points to the future. Unlike a traditional atlas, its cartography illustrates a world of international artists who may not yet be household names, but who will undoubtedly shape the art of tomorrow. Omar Kholeif provides an introductory field guide to what some of the most urgent contemporary artists are doing worldwide. These are artists whose work engages with the aesthetics of technology and the issues of tomorrow; artists who are developing concepts rarely tested before, or who are engaging with politics in new ways. The book is a journey of discovery that will influence generations of artists and art lovers to come.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Traditional histories of art have often been confined to a western European framework. But with the birth of contemporary museum culture, the proliferation of art fairs and biennials in regions far and wide, and the advent of digital technologies, new global networks have emerged, fostering a new world map of art, and paving the way for the art of tomorrow.

How do we engage with contemporary art in this global, ever-developing context? Senior Curator Omar Kholeif--a respected voice in contemporary art criticism--surveys the most influential figures and works in a series of concise, accessible entries.

The Artists Who Will Change the World is an introductory field guide to what the most urgent contemporary artists--Amalia Ulman, Lynette Yiadom Boakye, Hito Steyerl, and others--are producing worldwide. Whether engaging with the aesthetics of technology or the fluid world of politics, their work will influence generations of artists and art lovers to come.

Includes index.

Mapping the contemporary / preface by Omar Kholeif -- The cause but not the symptom / introduction by Douglas Coupland -- Technology : Jeremy Bailey ; James Bridle ; Ian Cheng ; DIS ; Constant Dullaart ; Guan Xiao ; Katja Novitskova ; Trevor Paglen ; Heather Phillipson ; Jacolby Satterwhite ; Hito Steyerl ; Ryan Trecartin -- Identity : Jonathas de Andrade ; Zach Blas ; Andrea Crespo ; Celia Hempton ; Adam Linder ; Tala Madani ; James Richards ; Tejal Shah ; Hank Willis Thomas ; Amalia Ulman ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye -- Place : Nadim Abbas ; Assemble ; Cao Fei ; Cui Jie ; Theaster Gates ; Camille Henrot ; Iman Issa ; Samson Kambalu ; Lee Kit ; Basim Magdy ; Taus Makhacheva ; Koki Tanaka ; Adrián Villar Rojas ; Amanda Williams ; Zhou Tao -- Power : Lawrence Abu Hamdan ; Sophia Al-Maria ; Yto Barrada ; Zachary Cahill ; Simon Dennny ; GCC ; Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Jorge ; Jumana Manna ; Otobong Nkanga ; Christodoulos Panayiotou ; The Propeller Group ; Imran Qureshi ; Michael Rakowitz ; Hrair Sarkissian ; Kemang Wa ; Lehulere ; Xu Zhen.

With the birth of contemporary museum culture and the advent of digital technologies, the 21st century has brought a whole new means by which to access art and its histories. How do we re-map the realm of contemporary art in light of a more inclusive awareness, taking into account the unprecedented global movements of artists today and representing the divergent histories of geographies that were once peripheral? 'The Artists Who Will Change the World' is a new global map of art that points to the future. Unlike a traditional atlas, its cartography illustrates a world of international artists who may not yet be household names, but who will undoubtedly shape the art of tomorrow. Omar Kholeif provides an introductory field guide to what some of the most urgent contemporary artists are doing worldwide. These are artists whose work engages with the aesthetics of technology and the issues of tomorrow; artists who are developing concepts rarely tested before, or who are engaging with politics in new ways. The book is a journey of discovery that will influence generations of artists and art lovers to come.

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