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Contemporary art biennials in Europe : the work of art in the complex city
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Whybrow, Nicolas (2020) Contemporary art biennials in Europe : the work of art in the complex city. London and New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350166981
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Abstract
Through its examination of five quite different art events in cities across Europe, Contemporary Art Biennials in Europe offers a compelling exploration of how public art takes place in the modern city. Roughly tracing a central horizontal trajectory from the western to the eastern edges of the continent, Nicolas Whybrow considers the Folkestone Triennial in the UK, Sculpture Projects Münster in Germany, the Venice Biennale in Italy, Belgrade's Mikser Festival in Serbia and the Istanbul Biennial in Turkey.
Writing within the context of a thirty-year international 'biennial boom', Whybrow interrogates the extent to which biennial events and their artworks seek to engage with the socio-cultural and political complexity of cities, in particular the work that is involved in this relationship. With its focus on Europe, he also tells a composite story of continental difference at a moment of high tension, centering on issues of migration, political populism and uncertainty around the future form of the European Union.
Item Type: | Book | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Bloomsbury | ||||||
Place of Publication: | London and New York | ||||||
ISBN: | 9781350166981 | ||||||
Official Date: | 17 September 2020 | ||||||
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Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 January 2020 | ||||||
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