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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Where do the misunderstandings surrounding 1990s’ art come from if not a theoretical discourse complete with shortcomings? An overwhelming majority of critics and philosophers are reluctant to come to grips with contemporary practices. So these remain essentially unreadable as their originality and their relevance cannot be perceived by analysing them on the basis of problems either solved or unresolved by previous generations. The oh- so-painful fact has to be accepted that certain issues are no longer being raised and it is by extension important to identify those that are being raised these days by artists. What are the real challenges of contemporary art? What are its links with society history and culture? The critic’s primary task is to recreate the complex set of problems that arise in a particular period or age and take a close look at the various answers given. Too often people are happy drawing up an inventory of yesterday’s concerns the better to lament the fact of not getting any answers. But the very first question as far as these new approaches are concerned obviously has to do with the material form of these works. How are these apparently elusive works to be decoded be they process-related of behavioural by ceasing to take shelter behind the sixties art history? Let us quote several examples of these activities. Rirkrit Tiravanija organises a dinner in a collector’s home and leaves him all the ingredients required to make a Thai soup. Philippe Parreno invites a few people to pursue their favourite hobbies on May Day. (LL)