Identity Theft

Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary Art

Edited by Jonathan Harris

Edited by Jonathan Harris

Distributed for Liverpool University Press

272 pages | 80 color plates and halftones | 6 x 9

Liverpool University Press - Tate Liverpool Critical Forum

Cloth $85.00 ISBN: 9781846311031 Published January 2009 For sale in North America only

Paper $39.95 ISBN: 9781846311024 Published January 2009 For sale in North America only

This engaging collection examines the complex socio-political forces that have powerfully influenced, for better or worse, the production of visual art in our postcolonial and globalized world. Drawing on case studies from around the world—from the work of exiled Iranian and Palestinian artists to the architectural reconstruction of Berlin following World War II to modern Nigerian art—Identity Theft asks important and highly topical questions about the transformed meanings of the concepts of art and identity in an era dominated by the rapid globalization of cultural production and economy of the art world. Proposing that much recent art contributes to radical critique of art history’s imperial origins—while taking full advantage of the globalizing structures of the trade left in imperialism’s wake—this volume is of interest to any student or academic of modern art.