Westkunst, 1981



Westkunst, 1981

A Historiography of Modernism Exhibited



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In 1981, the Cologne Trade-Fair centre hosted a large exhibition titled Westkunst: Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939 (Western Art: Contemporary Art since 1939). Organized by art critic Laszlo Glozer and curator Kasper König, the Western-centric survey highlighted avant-garde art and the politically charged themes of freedom and individual expression. By examining Westkunst's historiographical stakes in light of the Cold War division of Europe, the show is revealed as paradigmatic of the ways in which hegemonic concepts of 'Western art' and the accompanying processes of othering were fashioned in the art world. In this collective volume, Westkunst’s universalising claims are scrutinised by focusing on the artistic tendencies exhibited; on exhibitionary discourses and practices of decontextualisation, comparison, and appropriation; on the alleged realisation of the values of progress, freedom, and autonomy; on the enacted conceptions of temporality and the architectural devices of narrativisation; on the exhibition’s blind spots and exclusions and the critical reactions it elicited. This analytic output makes fresh use of the archival materials, which are neither centralised nor systematized, with significant excerpts republished throughout the book. Seen through the lens of exhibition history, this revisiting of Westkunst sheds light on a broader trend of cultural conservatism that was gaining strength in the 1980s, just before the end of the Cold War, and on the start of a new form of globalisation.

Titre Westkunst, 1981
Sous-titre A Historiography of Modernism Exhibited
Édition Première édition
Collection Passages
ISSN 21049777
Langue anglais
Éditeur Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris
Co-éditeur Centre allemand d'histoire de l'art / Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte (DFK Paris)
BISAC Classifications thématiques ART000000 ART
HIS000000 HISTORY
BIC Classifications thématiques A Arts, (the)
HB History
Dewey (abrégé) 700-799 Arts
Public visé 01 Grand public
06 Professionnel et académique
Date de première publication du titre 17 avril 2025
Code Identifiant de classement sujet      93 Classification thématique Thema: NH      93 Classification thématique Thema: A
Avec Bibliographie ; Notes
Support Livre broché
Nb de pages 475 p. Bibliographie . Notes .
ISBN-10 2-7351-3057-6
ISBN-13 978-2-7351-3057-3
GTIN13 (EAN13) 9782735130573
Référence
Date de publication 17 avril 2025
Nombre de pages de contenu principal 475
Illustrations illustrations, vues d'expositions et plans de l'exposition
Format 17 x 24 cm
Prix 30,00 €
 


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