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Book SynopsisThe eminent critic, historian, and former member of the Art & Language collective Terry Smith explores the artistic, philosophical, political, and geographical dimensions of conceptual art and conceptualism while offering a theory of contemporary art.
Trade Review"Terry Smith writes about the history of Conceptual Art as its participant and observer-and his book produces a stereoscopic image of the movement that is fascinating and persuasive. According to Smith, Conceptual Art has transformed itself into the global conceptualism that is still contemporary. This book should be read by everybody who has become tired of the simplistic opposition between global and local and looks for the ways to overcome it." -- Boris Groys, author of In the Flow "Scholars, critics, artists, and students concerned with the legacy of conceptual art in the present-particularly those focused on its development as a kind of global lingua franca for contemporary art-will welcome the publication of this tremendous book." -- Blake Stimson, author of Citizen Warhol
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: A Theory of Conceptualism / Robert Bailey 1
1. Art and Art and Language 37
2. The Tasks of Translation: Art & Language in Australia and New Zealand, 1975-76 57
3. A Conversation about Conceptual Art, Subjectivity, and the
Post-Partum Document 85
4. Peripheries in Motion: Conceptualism and Conceptual Art in Australia and New Zealand 99
5. One and Three Ideas: Conceptualism Before, During, and After Conceptual Art 127
Index 145
