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Documents of Contemporary Art

The document is an anthology that examines the relationship between art, value, and price in the contemporary art market. It surveys how transnational markets have transformed the art world, blurring the lines between price and value. The anthology covers the evolution of patronage systems, art institutions and networks, and the diverse artistic practices that engage or critique today's market conditions. It features the work of many prominent artists and includes writings by art critics and theorists that analyze the intersection of art and economics.

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Documents of Contemporary Art

The document is an anthology that examines the relationship between art, value, and price in the contemporary art market. It surveys how transnational markets have transformed the art world, blurring the lines between price and value. The anthology covers the evolution of patronage systems, art institutions and networks, and the diverse artistic practices that engage or critique today's market conditions. It features the work of many prominent artists and includes writings by art critics and theorists that analyze the intersection of art and economics.

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Documents of contemporary art: The Market

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Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies. An excellent, essential
anthology, which is both a good read and a useful teaching tool. - Sarah Thornton, author of Seven
Days in the Art World The sway of transnational markets over contemporary culture has transformed
arts environment, blurring the previously discrete realms of price and value, capital and creativity.
Uncovering the origins of these phenomena in earlier epochs, this anthology surveys the relations
between art, value and price; the evolution and influence of patronage; the institutions and networks
of the art world; and the diversity of artistic practices that either criticize or embrace contemporary
market conditions. Artists surveyed include: Carl Andre, Michael Asher, Fia Backstrm, Joseph
Beuys, Ian Burn, Maurizio Cattelan, Elmgreen & Dragset, Andrea Fraser, Melanie Gilligan, Dan
Graham, Guerrilla Girls, Andreas Gursky, Hans Haacke, Damien Hirst, Christian Jankowski, Yves
Klein, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Les Levine, Liu Ding, Lee Lozano, Takashi
Murakami, Ahmet gt, Tino Sehgal, Richard Serra, Nedko Solakov, Andy Warhol, Fred Wilson and
Zhou Tiehai. Writers include: Theodor Adorno, Jack Bankowsky, Jean Baudrillard, Luc Boltanski,
Pierre Bourdieu, Martin Braathen, Malcolm Bull, JJ Charlesworth, Eve Chiapello, Sophie Cras,
Anthony Davies, Thierry de Duve, Marvin Elkoff, Simon Ford, Hal Foster, Peter Fuller, William
Grampp, Josh Greenfeld, Michel Houellebecq, Miwon Kwon, Kate Linker, L Peng, Ursula Pasero,
Scott Rothkopf, Peter Schjeldahl, Thomas Seelig, Marc Shell, Georg Simmel, Barbara Herrnstein
Smith, Wolfgang Ullrich, Karen van den Berg, Thorstein Veblen, Olav Velthuis, Dorothea von
Hantelmann, Tom Wolfe and Thomas Zaunschirm.

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