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The Artists Who Will Change the World

Omar Kholeif author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd

Published:13th Sep '18

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An essential guide to the artists of tomorrow by one of the movers and shakers of the art world

The essential guide for any art aficionado keen to put their finger on the pulse of tomorrow’s art.With the birth of contemporary museum culture and the advent of digital technologies, the 21st century has brought a whole new means by which to access art and its histories. How do we re-map the realm of contemporary art in light of a more inclusive awareness, taking into account the unprecedented global movements of artists today and representing the divergent histories of geographies that were once peripheral? The Artists Who Will Change the World is a new global map of art that points to the future. Unlike a traditional atlas, its cartography illustrates a world of international artists who may not yet be household names, but who will undoubtedly shape the art of tomorrow.

Omar Kholeif provides an introductory field guide to what some of the most urgent contemporary artists are doing worldwide. These are artists whose work engages with the aesthetics of technology and the issues of tomorrow; artists who are developing concepts rarely tested before, or who are engaging with politics in new ways. The book is a journey of discovery that will influence generations of artists and art lovers to come.

'Exciting … Omar Kholeif looks to the future influence of some of today’s most promising and game-changing artists … an essential manual for the 21st century and beyond' - Hans Ulrich Obrist
'A bold and capacious compendium of recent artistic practices' - W. J. T. Mitchell

ISBN: 9780500519967

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 740g

192 pages