Estonian Graduate School of Culture Studies and Arts
Institute of Art History of the Estonian Academy of Arts
Institute of Art History of the University of Tallinn
“Art history, World Art Studies & Contemporary Art: new developments, new
approaches”
27–31 May 2013
READING LIST
1
Introduction: from Art History to World Art Studies
Readings
- James Elkins, ‘Introduction’. in: J.E., Is Art History Global. London/New York: Routledge 2007,
pp. 3-23.
- Heie Treier, ‘Ideologies of Style (An International Experiment’, in Elkins: pp. 344-348.
- George Intsiful, ‘Art History in Ghana: A Letter’, in Elkins: pp. 247-249.
- Kitty Zijlmans and Wilfried van Damme, ‘World Art Studies’, in: Matthew Rampley, Kitty
Zijlmans, et al. (Eds), Art History and Visual Studies in Europe. Transnational Discourses and National
Frameworks. Leiden/Boston: Brill 2012, pp. 213-230.
- James Elkins, ‘Why Art History is Global’, in: Jonathan Harris (Ed.), Globalization and
Contemporary Art. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp. 375-386.
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Art and anthropology: cross-cultural explorations
Readings
- Howard Morphy, ‘Preface’ and Ch. 1. ‘Cross-cultural categories and the inclusion of Aboriginal
Art’. In: H.M., Becoming Art. Exploring Cross-Cultural Categories. Oxford/New York: Berg 2007,
pp. XI-XV, and pp. 1-21.
- Arnd Schneider and Christopher Wright, ‘The Challenge of Practice’, in: A.S. and Chr.W. (Eds.),
Contemporary Art and Anthropology. Oxford/New York: Berg 2006, pp. 1-27.
- Ian McLean, ‘Aboriginal Cosmopolitans. A Prehistory of Western Desert Painting’. In: Jonathan
Harris (Ed.), Globalization and Contemporary Art. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp.147-160.
3
Globalization and Contemporary Art
Readings
- Jonathan Harris, ‘Introduction. Globalization and Contemporary Art: A Convergence of
Peoples and Ideas’. In: J.H. (Ed.), Globalization and Contemporary Art. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell,
2011, pp. 1-17.
- Walid Sadek, ‘Peddling Time When Standing Still: Art Remains in Lebanon and the
Globalization That Was’. In: Harris, pp. 43-55.
- Piotr Piotrowski, ‘Writing on Art After 1989’. In: Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg, Peter
Weibel (Eds.), The Global Contemporary and the Rise of the New Art Worlds. Karlsruhe: ZKM
2013, pp. 202-207.
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Art (Practice) and the Postcolonial/Post-Ethnic Society
Readings
- Rasheed Araeen, ‘Art and Postcolonial Society’. In: Jonathan Harris (Ed.), Globalization and
Contemporary Art. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, pp. 365-374.
- Peter Weibel, ‘Globalization and Contemporary Art’ and Hans Belting and Andrea Buddensieg,
‘From Art World to Art Worlds’. In: Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg, Peter Weibel (Eds.), The
Global Contemporary and the Rise of the New Art Worlds. Karlsruhe: ZKM 2013, pp. 20-31.
- Anthony Gardner, ‘Whither the Postcolonial?’. In: Hans Belting, Jacob Birken, Andrea
Buddensieg, Peter Weibel, ‘Global Studies. Mapping Contemporary Art and Culture. Ostfildern:
Hatje Cantz/Karlsruhe: ZKM 2011, pp. 142-157.
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The Unwanted Land: artists’ practice in a globalizing world
Readings
- Henk Borgdorff, ‘The Debate on Research in the Arts’, Ch. 2, in: H.B., The Conflict of the
Faculties. Perspectives on Artistic Research and Academia. Leiden University Press 2012, pp. 3055.
- Kitty Zijlmans, ‘The Unwanted Land. Contemporary Installation Art as a location for
relocation’. In: Kitty Zijlmans et.al., The Unwanted Land. Tiong Ang / David Bade/ Dirk de Bruyn / Sonja
van Kerkhoff / Renée Ridgway / Rudi Struik. Zwolle: Waanders/ Scheveningen: Museum Beelden aan Zee
2010, pp. 8-14.
- Marlou Schrover, ‘St Nicholas, the Christmas tree and five centuries of migration’. In: The Unwanted
Land, pp. 33-44.
- Artists’ texts:
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David Bade: 30-31
Sonja van Kerkhoff: 54-57
Renée Ridgway: 68-70
Rudi Struik: 84-85
Tiong Ang: 104-105
Dirk de Bruyn: pp. 118-121