Contemporary Art. Modernism

Valeria Kosiakova is a candidate of cultural studies, associate professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities in the "Higher School of European Cultures", the founder of the "Punctum" center, and a researcher of visual culture. Dmitry Pozdnyakov is a specialist in the history and theory of cinema and visual arts, a cultural scientist. Before you is an intriguing art detective story about revolutions and transformations in art. The authors not only listed the names of famous artists, movements, schools, and corresponding characteristics but also explained how and why art has changed over the past one and a half centuries. Why is contemporary art so different from the artistic pursuits of the past? How have concepts of beauty transformed, and how has the role of the artist in society changed? What will help us understand contemporary art? How does it differ from the art that is emerging before our eyes, here and now? The relevant analytical theories and various interpretational approaches examined in the book will help the reader attain a critical distance for a panoramic view of the visual culture of the 20th century.