ABSTRACT
This book maps key moments in the history of postwar art from a global perspective.
The reader is introduced to a new globally oriented approach to art, artists, museums and movements of the postwar era (1945–70). Specifically, this book bridges the gap between historical artistic centers, such as Paris and New York, and peripheral loci. Through case studies, previously unknown networks, circulations, divides and controversies are brought to light. From the development of Ethiopian modernism, to the showcase of Brazilian modernity, this book provides readers with a new set of coordinates and a reassessment of well-trodden art historical narratives around modernism.
This book will be of interest to scholars in art historiography, art history, exhibition and curatorial studies, modern art and globalization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Prologue
part 1|85 pages
Crossings and Encounters: Retracing Artists’ Itineraries
chapter 4|13 pages
Multiple Resistances to the Concept of Modernism
chapter 6|14 pages
Yayoi Kusama as a Migrant Artist
part 2|79 pages
Against the Norm: Decentering and Resisting the Canon
chapter 9|11 pages
“Iranian Modernism ” and the Idea of Indigenous Art
chapter 10|11 pages
Camouflaged Dissent – A Plastic Umbrella and Transparent Balloons
part 3|53 pages
Collecting Modernisms – Exhibiting Modernisms