{"product_id":"biennials-triennials-and-documenta-anthony-gardner-9781444336658","title":"Biennials, Triennials, and Documenta: The Exhibitions That Created Contemporary Art","description":"This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive global history of biennialization from the rise of the European star-curator in the 1970s to the emergence of mega-exhibitions in Asia in the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces a global array of case studies to illustrate the trajectory of biennials and their growing influence on artistic expression, from the Biennale de la M diterran e in Alexandria, Egypt in 1955, the second Havana Biennial of 1986, New York's Whitney Biennial in 1993, and the 2002 \u003ci\u003eDocumenta11 \u003c\/i\u003ein Kassel, to the Gwangju Biennale of 2014\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the evolving curatorial approaches to biennials, including analysis of the roles of sponsors, philanthropists and biennial directors and their re-shaping of the contemporary art scene\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the history of biennials as a means of illustrating and inciting further discussions of globalization in contemporary art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Gardner, Charles Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1444336657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781444336658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Anthony Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066227486975,"sku":"9781444336658","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bceee977-5534-4c64-b85b-a702077c4fd1.jpg?v=1685406029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/biennials-triennials-and-documenta-anthony-gardner-9781444336658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}