Cornerstones

If it's not an oxymoron to describe something as both distinguished and cutting edge, that's the perfect description for Rotterdam's Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. This illustrated softcover book brings together a series of essays on contemporary art based on the center's high-octane Cornerstones lecture series. At each of the monthly lectures, one leading art historian focuses on one artist who is foudational to contemporary art. Among this volume's treasures are Donald Kuspit on Louise Bourgeois, Helmut Friedel on Gerhard Richter, Vanessa Joan Muller on John Baldessari and Douglas Crimp on Gordon Matta-Clark. These essays share the fascination that each of the authors has with the work of an artist and how this work functions in relation to larger contexts and broader ideas.

Daca nu este un oximoron sa descrieti ceva atat de distins, cat si de ultima ora, aceasta este descrierea perfecta pentru Witte de With Rotterdam with Center for Contemporary Art. Aceasta carte ilustrata, cu coperta moale, reuneste o serie de eseuri despre arta contemporana, bazate pe seria de prelegeri Cornerstones cu octanie ridicata a centrului.