Art + Archive - Understanding the Archival Turn in Contemporary Art

Art + Archive provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between art and the archive at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book examines how the archive emerged in art writing in the mid-1990s and how its subsequent ubiquity can be understood in light of wider social, technological, philosophical and art-historical conditions and concerns. Deftly combining writing on archives from different disciplines with artistic practices, the book clarifies the function and meaning of one of the most persistent artworld buzzwords of recent years, shedding light on the conceptual and historical implications of the so-called archival turn in contemporary art.

About the author

Sara Callahan is an art historian specialising in contemporary art and photography. She works at Stockholm University

Summary

Art + Archive examines how and why the archive became a hot topic in the artworld at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book connects the artworld’s interest in archival terminology to a number of broader historical, technological, academic and philosophical contexts. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Sara Callahan
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor), Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781526160287
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6028-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Theory of art, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), History of Art, Art & design styles: from c 1960