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Title [en]
Contemporary (Post) modernity? Canonization Processes of Advanced Art in Germany and Sweden 1977 – 2007
Abstract [en]
This research project serves to enhance our understanding of the evaluation and temporalization of advanced art in Northern Europe 1977-2007. It aims to examine a wide selection of discursive art world events (e.g. documents in advance of exhibitions, installations, reviews, sales figures) in Germany and Sweden during this period from the vantage point of canonization processes, i.e. the ways by which something, such as specific examples of art, gain and retain their (high) value. Some of these ways include curatorial initiatives, market evaluation, institutional representation, critical response and the scholarly production of historical narratives. Although an art work only enters the canon, if at all, after a certain period has passed, the processes of canonization are operative from the very moment the work of art enters the art world. But while we may speak of the canon, meaning the most established range of masterpieces - first established in its modern, universal form in mid-19th-century-Germany - there is no such thing as a monolithic canon formation process. These processes are highly complex since contextbased, contingent and typically tacit. At least since Hegel in the early 1800s, art has traditionally been seen as the index of cultural history. The discourse of post-modernism and contemporary art that came to dominance after 1977 is no different than early modernism in this respect. Substantial parts of art criticism, eventually transformed into art history, are still about art’s chasing of the Zeitgeist. I would follow up on this and ask: What is the relation of recent, highly valued works of art to “their” time? How does the canonical selection register the passages of time? On – and in – what terms has the favoured art been described and valued? What temporal mode – the timeless, temporary, timely? – does it activate? The project would counter the extremely strong Anglo-American emphasis in evaluations of post-war art and art history, and bridge what is typically compartmentalized into separate national histories. It would detect common denominators between Sweden/the Nordic countries and Germany/Continental Europe regarding art evaluation and canon formation. It would also increase our knowledge of hard-estimated canonization processes in general, on which the culture and economy of the art system depends as well as reveal the grounds for the unprecedented transnational valorisation of contemporary art since the late 1970s.
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Karlholm, D. (2015). Too Much and Not Enough: The Installation of Anton Henning at Magasin 3 in Stockholm. In: Peter J. Schneemann (Ed.), Paradigmen der Kunstbetrachtung: Aktuelle Positionen der Rezeptionsästhetik und Museumspädagogik (pp. 29-40). Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Too Much and Not Enough: The Installation of Anton Henning at Magasin 3 in Stockholm
2015 (English)In: Paradigmen der Kunstbetrachtung: Aktuelle Positionen der Rezeptionsästhetik und Museumspädagogik / [ed] Peter J. Schneemann, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2015, p. 29-40Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2015
Series
Kunstgeschichten der Gegenwart, ISSN 1660-8674 ; 12
Keywords
contemporary art, curating, installation, Anton Henning
National Category
Art History
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25857 (URN)1297/42/2009 (Local ID)978-3-0343-1515-9 (ISBN)1297/42/2009 (Archive number)1297/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009
Available from: 2015-01-14 Created: 2015-01-14 Last updated: 2020-07-17Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2014). Kontemporalism: Om samtidskonstens historia och framtid. Stockholm: Axl Books
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kontemporalism: Om samtidskonstens historia och framtid
2014 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Axl Books, 2014. p. 360
Keywords
samtidskonst, temporalitet, historiografi, samtid, postmodern, konceptualism
National Category
Art History
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25494 (URN)1297/42/2009 (Local ID)978-91-86883-28-7 (ISBN)1297/42/2009 (Archive number)1297/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M09-0158:1-E
Available from: 2014-12-15 Created: 2014-12-15 Last updated: 2020-07-17Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2014). Restless Culture Syndrome (RCS): On the Old Demand for the New (1ed.). In: Jacquelyn Davis (Ed.), What Are You Working On?: (pp. 171-184). Stockgholm: Valeveil Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Restless Culture Syndrome (RCS): On the Old Demand for the New
2014 (English)In: What Are You Working On? / [ed] Jacquelyn Davis, Stockgholm: Valeveil Press , 2014, 1, p. 171-184Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockgholm: Valeveil Press, 2014 Edition: 1
Keywords
contemporary art, project, time, now
National Category
Humanities Arts
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25206 (URN)978-0-9840746-1-7 (ISBN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M09-0158:1-E
Available from: 2014-11-10 Created: 2014-11-10 Last updated: 2022-07-14Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2014). Vad är samtidskonst?. Konstperspektiv (3), 31-32
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Vad är samtidskonst?
2014 (Swedish)In: Konstperspektiv, ISSN 0347-4453, no 3, p. 31-32Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sveriges konstföreningars riksförbund, 2014
Keywords
samtidskonst, kontemporalism
National Category
Humanities Art History
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25210 (URN)1297/42/2009 (Local ID)1297/42/2009 (Archive number)1297/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009
Note

Svar på enkät om vad samtidskonst är

Available from: 2014-11-10 Created: 2014-11-10 Last updated: 2020-07-17Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2013). Arte contemporáneo y práctica crítica antes y después de la modernidad (1ed.). In: Paula Barreiro López & Julián Díaz Sánchez (Ed.), Critica(s) de arte: discrepancias e hibridaciones de la Guerra Fria a la globalización (pp. 373-390). Murcia: Cendeac
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Arte contemporáneo y práctica crítica antes y después de la modernidad
2013 (Spanish)In: Critica(s) de arte: discrepancias e hibridaciones de la Guerra Fria a la globalización / [ed] Paula Barreiro López & Julián Díaz Sánchez, Murcia: Cendeac , 2013, 1, p. 373-390Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Murcia: Cendeac, 2013 Edition: 1
Series
Colección Ad Hoc ; 28
Keywords
art criticism, contemporary art, crítica de arte, arte contemporáneo
National Category
Art History
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25207 (URN)978-84-15556-13-8 (ISBN)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M09-0158:1-E
Available from: 2014-11-10 Created: 2014-11-10 Last updated: 2022-07-14Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2013). Contemporary, Now and Forever: [Review of] Terry Smith, Contemporary Art: World Currents (London: Laurence King, 2011) [Review]. Art History, 36(1), 226-231
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Contemporary, Now and Forever: [Review of] Terry Smith, Contemporary Art: World Currents (London: Laurence King, 2011)
2013 (English)In: Art History, ISSN 0141-6790, E-ISSN 1467-8365, Vol. 36, no 1, p. 226-231Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Keywords
contemporary art, historiography
National Category
Humanities
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-18632 (URN)10.1111/j.1467-8365.2013.00948.x (DOI)000313786700014 ()
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M09-0158:1-E
Available from: 2013-03-11 Created: 2013-03-11 Last updated: 2022-07-14Bibliographically approved
Karlholm, D. (2012). [Review of] e-flux journal What is Contemporary Art? + Lind & Velthuis (eds.), Contemporary Art and its commercial markets [Review]. Konsthistorisk Tidskrift, 81(3), 188-193
Open this publication in new window or tab >>[Review of] e-flux journal What is Contemporary Art? + Lind & Velthuis (eds.), Contemporary Art and its commercial markets
2012 (English)In: Konsthistorisk Tidskrift, ISSN 0023-3609, E-ISSN 1651-2294, Vol. 81, no 3, p. 188-193Article, book review (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Keywords
Contemporary Art
National Category
Art History
Research subject
Critical and Cultural Theory; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-17864 (URN)10.1080/00233609.2012.680491 (DOI)000310588400010 ()1297/42/2009 (Local ID)1297/42/2009 (Archive number)1297/42/2009 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A056-2009Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, M09-0158:1-E
Available from: 2013-01-08 Created: 2013-01-08 Last updated: 2022-07-14Bibliographically approved
Principal InvestigatorKarlholm, Dan
Coordinating organisation
Södertörn University
Funder
Period
2010-01-01 － 2012-12-31
Keywords [sv]
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
Keywords [en]
Baltic and East European studies
National Category
Art History
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:1731Project, id: A056-2009_OSS

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