Beschreibung:
In this compilation of essays Camiel van Winkel uncovers the conceptual roots of contemporary art. He shows that the art of today as a whole is essentially 'post-conceptual'. The production and reception of art are determined by circumstances and factors that conceptual artists in the years 1965-75 were the first to announce: the cultural dominance of information, the professionalization of artistic practices, and the applicability of the criteria of 'good design'. This post-conceptual perspective offers a new and revealing insight into the systematics of contemporary art and artisthood, in particular with regard to the relationship between conceptual and visual aspects, the meaning of theoretical discourse, and the role of institutions and mediators
pt. I. Unfortunate implications -- Collecting information and -- or as -- experience -- The obsession with a pure idea -- pt. II. Conceptual art in a visual world -- Information and visualisation : the artist as designer -- Artists and critics in the culture of design -- Living with art -- pt. III. Conceptual art and photography -- After the dilettantes : photography as conceptual art form -- Jeff Wall : photography as proof of photography -- Conclusion : Conceptual art and the ironies of history