Art Since 1940 - Strategies of Artistic Survival

Author: (USA) Jonathan Feinberg
Translator: Wang Chunchen Ding Yalei
United States / USA
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This is a personal narrative that comprehensively explores the state of contemporary art. American art historian Jonathan Feinberg, with the power of a historian's brush, vividly recreates the scenes of art history, presenting a diverse historical perspective and an intimate artistic living environment. It covers the most significant art movements, activities, and events in the world since 1940, with its scope not limited to the West; as globalization and cultural exchanges become more frequent, it also turns its gaze toward the East. Digital artists in contemporary China are included in this observation, effectively demonstrating the important position of Chinese contemporary art in the global art scene and serving as a testament to the comprehensive development of Chinese art as granted by history. This book offers a dimension for understanding contemporary art and its history, with its prominent feature being: humans are the most dynamic life forms in the world, and their living conditions, to a significant extent, determine their art and its development. The existence of history allows us to profoundly understand that the development of contemporary art transcends formal autonomy. Only by transcending the pursuit of form can art become vibrant, generate the driving force and value of art, and present the meaning of contemporary art to this pluralistic world and multi-dimensional vision.