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Contemporary Extracts
Hal Foster
On this occasion I will simply quote from several of the responses I received to a questionnaire—subsequently published in October magazine—about “contemporary art.” First, my questions:
The category of “contemporary art” is not a new one. What is new is the sense that, in its very heterogeneity, much present practice seems to float free of historical determination, conceptual definition, and critical judgment. Such paradigms as “the neo-avant-garde” and “postmodernism,” which once…
e-flux Journal
Posted: January 1, 2010
Category
Contemporary Art
Subjects
Contemporaneity