Sculpture now Anna Moszynska.

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Here are the most exciting developments in sculpture across theglobe since the mid-1990s. Identifying the key trends, AnnaMoszynska discusses the artists who are forging new paths andsetting the contemporary agenda. She examines major shifts thathave taken place in the last two decades, including the move froma concern with the discrete object to the more complicated anddynamic relationships found in installation-based practice, as wellas the increased concern with the experiential nature of sculptureand the participatory role of the viewer.The world's most promising new talent is discussed alongsideestablished contemporary artists including Cai Guo-Qiang, MaurizioCattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Isa Genzken, Thomas Hirschhorn,Mike Kelley, Christian Marclay, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco,Doris Salcedo, James Turrell, and Ai Weiwei.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction (p. 6)
• Chapter 1 The Body (p. 14)
• Body Casts and Surrogates (p. 14)
• The Abject Body (p. 26)
• The Absent Body (p. 27)
• Transformed Bodies (p. 34)
• Chapter 2 The Everyday (p. 42)
• Readymade (p. 42)
• Synthetic (p. 51)
• Junk (p. 56)
• Provisional (p. 65)
• Chapter 3 Light and Sound (p. 73)
• Light (p. 73)
• Sound (p. 88)
• Sculpture of the Moving Image (p. 94)
• Chapter 4 Nature and Ecology (p. 105)
• Biotechnology (p. 106)
• Taxidermy (p. 110)
• Plant Life (p. 116)
• Ecology (p. 126)
• Chapter 5 Design and Handmade (p. 132)
• Architecture and the Architectural Model (p. 133)
• The Designed Environment (p. 143)
• 'New Modernism' (p. 148)
• Design Objects (p. 153)
• Handmade (p. 156)
• Chapter 6 Installation (p. 167)
• 'Space Invaders' (p. 168)
• Accumulations and Suspensions (p. 172)
• Atmosphere and the Sensory (p. 178)
• Tableaux or The Staged Environment (p. 181)
• Political and Social Concerns (p. 187)
• Chapter 7 Sitings (p. 194)
• Public Sculpture (p. 194)
• Monuments and Anti-Monuments (p. 201)
• Sculpture Parks and Urban Projects (p. 207)
• The Institution (p. 214)
• Alternative or Oppositional Tactics (p. 218)
• The Triumph of Sculpture? (p. 221)
• Further Reading (p. 223)
• List of Illustrations (p. 226)
• Index (p. 231)

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