| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
"Provides a comprehensive global history of biennialization from the rise of the European star-curator in the 1970s and the emergence of mega-exhibitions in Asia in the 1990s to the current globalization of biennials"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Introduction -- Why Biennials? -- Part 1. The Second Wave -- Part 2. The Politics of Legitimacy -- Part 3. Hegemony or a New Canon -- The Cultural Geography of Biennials -- Notes -- Part 1: The Second Wave -- 1: 1972: The Rise of the Star-Curator -- Introduction -- Preparation for a Walk-Through Event Structure -- "Therapy Has Changed and No Longer Encourages Copious Art Production" -- "The Most Important Exhibition of Recent Years" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2: 1979: Cultural Translation, Cultural Exclusion, and the Second Wave -- Introduction: Biennials as Models for Cultural Encounters -- Founding the Sydney Biennale -- White Elephant or Red Herring? Selecting the 1979 Biennale of Sydney -- Import/Export: Sydney and São Paulo -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3: 1986: The South and the Edges of the Global -- Introduction: Origin Stories -- A Brief History of Southern Biennials -- The Second Bienal de La Habana -- Conclusion: The Stakes of Southern Histories -- Notes -- Part 2: The Politics of Legitimacy -- 4: 1989: Asian Biennialization -- Introduction -- Experimental Versus Traditional Art: "Traditions/Tensions" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5: 1997: Biennials, Migration, and Itinerancy -- Introduction -- Manifesta and Critical Regionalism -- Locality Fails: The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale -- By Way of Conclusion: The Emergency Biennale in Chechnya -- Notes -- Part 3: Hegemony or a New Canon -- 6: 2002: Cosmopolitanism -- Introduction -- The Five-Year Subaltern Plan -- Black Box, White Cube -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7: 2003: Delegating Authority -- Introduction -- Tirana: "Opening Up the Conversation" -- Escape -- Curating by Delegation: The 50th Venice Biennale: The Dictatorship of the Viewer -- "Counterbalance the Decadence of the Ancient City." |
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"Outmoded Structure of National Pavilions and Theme Exhibitions" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8: 2014: Global Art Circuits -- Introduction -- The Game of Comparison and Competition -- Negotiated Inequality -- Contemporary Play Time -- Coda: 2014 -- Notes -- 9: Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- EULA. |
| Subject |
Art and globalization -- History -- 20th century.
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Art and globalization -- History -- 21st century.
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Biennials (Art fairs) -- History.
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Art et mondialisation -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
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Art et mondialisation -- Histoire -- 21e siècle. |
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Biennales (Foires d'art) -- Histoire. |
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Art and globalization |
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Biennials (Art fairs) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre |
History
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| Added Author |
Gardner, Anthony, 1976- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, Charles, 1953- Biennials, triennials, and Documenta. 1. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016 9781444336641 (DLC) 2015038630 |
| ISBN |
9781119212676 (ePub) |
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1119212677 (ePub) |
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9781119212669 (Adobe PDF) |
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1119212669 (Adobe PDF) |
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9781119212638 |
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1119212634 |
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1444336649 |
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9781444336641 |
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(hardback) |
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