Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of
anthologies . Utopian projects aspire to a better world but their
forms may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are
as haunted by their failures as we are inspired by the aspiration
to repair the failed and build the new. This anthology
contextualizes art's current engagement with the utopian in
relation to political thought, viewing the utopian as a key term in
the artistic lineage of modernity. It illuminates how the
exploration of utopian themes in art today contributes to our
understanding of contemporary cultures and the possibilities for
shaping their futures. Artists surveyed include: Joseph Beuys, Paul
Chan, Guy Debord, Jeremy Deller, Liam Gillick, Antony Gormley, Dan
Graham, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Bodys Isek
Kingelez, Paul McCarthy, Constant A. Nieuwenheuys, Paul Noble, Nils
Norman, Philippe Parreno, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Superflex,
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Mark Titchner, Atelier van Lieshout, Jeff Wall,
Andy Warhol, Wochenklauser and Carey Young. Writers include:
Theodor Adorno, Jennifer Allen, Catherine Bernard, Ernst Bloch,
Yve-Alain Bois, Nicolas Bourriaud, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Alex
Farquharson, Hal Foster, Michel Foucault, Alison Green, Fredric
Jameson, Rosalind Krauss, Hari Kunzru, Donald Kuspit, Dermis P.
Leon, Karl Marx, Jeremy Millar, Thomas More, William Morris, Molly
Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist, George Orwell, Jacques Ranciere,
Stephanie Rosenthal and Beatrix Ruf.
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