Model Collapse - European Contemporary Art in a Time of Democratic Crisis

Model collapse explores the relationship between art and democracy since the 1990s. Looking at a wide range of case studies it offers fresh insights into the limits of representation, the appeal of collaboration and the role of the nation-state in post-national frameworks.

About the author

Lindsay Caplan is Andrea V. Rosenthal Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Brown University

Kerry Greaves is Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay Greaves Caplan
• Assisted by: Lindsay Caplan (Editor), Greaves Kerry (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2025
• EAN: 9781526177568
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7756-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, Theory of art, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, ART / Criticism & Theory, Political activism, Political structures: democracy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political activism / Political engagement, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / European / General