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Location

ISBN: 978-1-405-14694-4

May 2007

Wiley-Blackwell

240 pages

Description

A collection of essays by art historians, anthropologists and commentators on contemporary visual culture on the theme of 'Location'.

  • Explores the theme of 'Location', including transatlantic exchanges and global connections, and the nature of hospitality that arises in acknowledging migration and diaspora
  • Questions how important location is in producing, understanding and curating art.
  • Contributors consider such topics as site-specificity, examinations of the trans-national/trans-cultural, how images/visual forms migrate, and the repositioning of ownership
About the Author
Deborah Cherry is Professor of the History of Art at the University of the Arts, London.

Fintan Cullen is Professor of Art History at the University of Nottingham.

Features

  • Brings together a collection of essays by art historians, anthropologists and commentators on contemporary visual culture
  • Explores the theme of 'Location', including transatlantic exchanges and global connections, and the nature of hospitality that arises in acknowledging migration and diaspora
  • Questions how important location is in producing, understanding and curating art.
  • Contributors consider such topics as site-specificity, examinations of the trans-national/trans-cultural, how images/visual forms migrate, and the repositioning of ownership