{"product_id":"what-is-contemporary-art","title":"E-Flux Journal: What is Contemporary Art?","description":"\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-detail-description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-detail-description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-detail-description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description-text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description-text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-detail-description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description-text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description-text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-book-main-wrapper grid-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-right col-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"single-book-body-text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gallery\" id=\"single-book-images\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gallery-wrapper slick-initialized slick-slider\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slick-list draggable\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slick-track\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slick-index=\"1\" class=\"gallery-item slick-slide\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"figure-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-book-main-wrapper grid-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-right col-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"single-book-body-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book began as a two-part issue of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ee-flux journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edevoted to the question: What is contemporary art? First, and most obviously: why is this question\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003easked? That is to say, why do we simply leave it to hover in the shadow of attempts at critical summation in the grand tradition of twentieth-century artistic movements? A single hegemonic “ism” has replaced clearly distinguishable movements and grand narratives. But what exactly does it mean to be working under the auspices of this singular ism?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Widespread usage of the term ‘contemporary’ seems so self-evident that to further demand a definition of ‘contemporary art’ may be taken as an anachronistic exercise in cataloguing or self-definition. At the same time, it is no coincidence that this is usually the tenor of such large, elusive questions: it is precisely through their apparent self-evidence that they cease to be problematic and begin to exert their influence in hidden ways; and their paradox, their\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eunanswerability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebegins to constitute a condition of its own, a place where people work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is Contemporary Art?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eputs the apparent simplicity and self-evident term into doubt, asking critics, curators, artists, and writers to contemplate the nature of this catchall or default category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gallery\" id=\"single-book-images\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gallery-wrapper slick-initialized slick-slider\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slick-list draggable\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slick-track\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slick-index=\"-2\" class=\"gallery-item slick-slide slick-cloned\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"figure-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"single-image\"\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" class=\"product-detail-description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVarious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublisher: Sternberg Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished: 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePages: 216\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.8 x 17.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"e-flux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227209220283,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/1778\/1179\/files\/4347FBF8-6499-4CEF-B47E-AEEB0C9927C6.jpg?v=1764972841","url":"https:\/\/nyc.doyoureadme.de\/products\/what-is-contemporary-art","provider":"dyrm?! x VP, Inc. 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