Biennial Boom
Making Contemporary Art Global
Book • 2024
Paloma Checa-Gismero's "Biennial Boom" delves into the history and geography of art biennials, exploring their role in shaping global contemporary art.
The book examines how these events have re-evaluated, re-contextualized, and re-animated objects, designating them as art.
Checa-Gismero analyzes the transformations of subaltern aesthetic genealogies into forms accessible to a global elite.
The work offers a critical perspective on the processes involved in defining and valuing art within a globalized context.
It also highlights the labor and power dynamics inherent in these processes.
The book examines how these events have re-evaluated, re-contextualized, and re-animated objects, designating them as art.
Checa-Gismero analyzes the transformations of subaltern aesthetic genealogies into forms accessible to a global elite.
The work offers a critical perspective on the processes involved in defining and valuing art within a globalized context.
It also highlights the labor and power dynamics inherent in these processes.
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