Art History and Anachronic Interventions Since 1990

This Book Examines Contemporary Artistic Practices Since 1990 That Engage With Depict And Conceptualize History. Examining Artworks By Kader Attia Yael Bartana Zarina Bhimji Michael Blum Matthew Buckingham Tacita Dean Harun Farocki And Andrei Ujica Omer Fast Andrea Geyer Liam Gillick And Philippe Parreno Hiwa K Amar Kanwar Bouchra Khalili Deimantas Narkevičius Wendelien Van Oldenborgh Walid Raad Dierk Schmidt Erika Tan And Apichatpong Weerasethakul Art History And Anachronic Interventions Since 1990 Undertakes A Thorough Methodological Reexamination Of The Contribution Of Art To History Writing And To Its Theoretical Foundations. The Analytical Instrument Of Anachrony Comes To The Fore As An Experimental Method As Will (Para)Fiction Counterfactual History Testimonies Ghosts And Spectres Of The Past Utopia And The Juridification Of History. Eva Kernbauer Argues That Contemporary Art―Developing Its Own Conceptual Approaches To Temporality And To Historical Research―Offers Fruitful Strategies For Creating Historical Consciousness And Perspectives For Political Agency.The Book Will Be Of Interest To Scholars Working In Art History Historiography And Contemporary Art.The Open Access Version Of This Book Available At Http://Www.Taylorfrancis.Com Has Been Made Available Under A Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 License.