Shedding fresh light on modern art beyond the West, this text introduces readers to artists, art movements, debates and theoretical positions of the modern era that continue to shape contemporary art worldwide. Area histories of modern art are repositioned and interconnected towards a global art historiography.
Provides a much-needed corrective to the Eurocentric historiography of modern art, offering a more worldly and expanded view than any existing modern art survey
Brings together a selection of major essays and historical documents from a wide range of sources
Section introductions, critical essays, and documents provide the relevant contextual and historiographical material, link the selections together, and guide the reader through the key theoretical positions and debates
Offers a useful tool for students and scholars with little or no prior knowledge of non-Western modernisms
Includes many contrasting voices in its documents and essays, encouraging reader response and lively classroom discussion
Includes a selection of major essays and historical documents addressing not only painting and sculpture but photography, film and architecture as well.
About the Author
Elaine O’Brien is a Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art at California State University, Sacramento.
Everlyn Nicodemus is an artist and writer living and working in Edinburgh, UK, and holds a Ph.D. from Middlesex University, London.
Melissa Chiu is Museum Director and Vice President, Global Art Programs, Asia Society in New York.
Benjamin Genocchio is editor in chief of Art & Auction Magazine, New York. He holds a Ph.D. in art history and is the author and editor of six books.
Mary K. Coffey is Associate Professor of Art History at Dartmouth College.
Roberto Tejada is Distinguished Chair and Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University.
