ELEANOR HEARTNEY

In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that 'The battles may not all have been won ...but barricades are gradually coming down, and work proceeds on all fronts in glorious profusion.' Now, with The Reckoning, authors Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal, and Sue Scott bring into focus the accomplishments of a new generation of women artists who have benefited from the ground-breaking efforts of their predecessors. Focusing on 24 of the most acclaimed international women artists born since 1960, the book is organised in four thematic sections. 'Bad Girls' profiles artists whose work represents an assault on conventional notions of gender and racial difference. 'History Lessons' offers reflections on the self in the context of history and globalisation. 'Spellbound' focuses on women's embrace of the irrational, the subjective, and the surreal, while 'Domestic Disturbances' takes on women's conflicted relationship to home, family, and security. The book also examines how the institutions of the art world have changed, and how those changes affect the women artists of today. Written in lively prose and fully illustrated throughout, this remarkable book gives a uniquely informed account of the wonderful diversity of recent contemporary art by women.

"Art & Today" is an innovative and extensive survey of international contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Over four hundred of the most significant contemporary artists from around the world are represented in this comprehensive overview - some emerging, some mid-career, and others long established. Each of the book's sixteen chapters address recurring and relevant themes as diverse as "Art & Popular Culture," "Art & Its Institutions," and "Art & Globalism," rather than follow a strict chronological, geographical, or stylistic structure. Lively and up-to-date, "Art & Today" explores an era in which art defies simple categorization. The result is a surprising and original yet clear and reasoned perspective on contemporary art that breaks from prescribed classifications to offer a survey as expansive as the art it describes.For instance, in the chapter "Art & the Body," one might find performance discussed alongside figurative painting, sculpture and photography alongside video, and North American artists alongside Asian artists. The chapter "Art and Globalism" discusses artists whose nationality, generation, and medium are as diverse as those of Alan Sekula, Michal Rovner, Cildo Meireles, Manuel Ocampo, Chen Zhen, and Andreas Gursky. Internationally renowned art critic and scholar, Eleanor Heartney is respected for her clear language and pragmatic approach to contemporary art. Her straightforward, engaging descriptions and explanations will appeal to both experts and newcomers alike, and will serve as an invaluable resource for years to come.

Arte & Hoy constituye un extenso e innovador estudio sobre el arte del período comprendido entre la década de 1980 y la actualidad. Más de 400 artistas destacadaos de todo el mundo aparecen en esta recopilación, unos consagrados, otros en mitad de su carrera y otros que están despuntando.En lugar de estructurarse según un estricto criterio cronológico, geográfico o estilístico, los 16 capítulos del volumen abordan temas recurrentes y relevantes tan divertidos como Arte & Cultura Popular, Arte & Instituciones o Arte & Globalización.Estimulante y actualizado, Arte & Hoy explora una época en la que el arte deafía toda categorización simple. El resultado es una perspectiva sorprendente y original, clarividente y razonada, sobre el Arte contemporáneo, que rompe con las clasificaciones establecidas y ofrece un análisis tan amplio como el arte que describe.

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