Text/authors: Camiel van Winkel
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On the structural interlocking of contemporary art with the legacy of conceptual art

Art-theoretical insights are linked with relevant social and cultural developments

December 9, 2012 (3 PM) Book presentation Camiel van Winkel, During the Exhibition the Gallery Will Be Closed at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)

• Review_ArtReview, issue 59 - May 2012, p. 140
• Camiel van Winkel at Radio Klara on April 24 2012 | more

In this compilation of essays Camiel van Winkel uncovers the conceptual roots of contemporary art. He shows that the art of today as a whole is essentially ‘post-conceptual’. The production and reception of art are determined by circumstances and factors that conceptual artists in the years 1965-75 were the first to announce: the cultural dominance of information, the professionalisation of artistic practices, and the applicability of the criteria of ‘good design’.

This post-conceptual perspective offers a new and revealing insight into the systematics of contemporary art and artisthood, in particular with regard to the relation between conceptual and visual aspects, the meaning of theoretical discourse, and the role of institutions and mediators. | more

Camiel van Winkel is Professor in Visual Art at the Academy for Art and Design | St. Joost, Den Bosch/Breda (Avans University), and teaches art theory at Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design, Brussels. He is the author of Moderne leegte. Over kunst en openbaarheid (1999), The Regime of Visibility (2005) and De mythe van het kunstenaarschap (2007).
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