Turks, Jews, and Other Germans in Contemporary Art by Peter Chametzky - ISBN: 9780262045766
Hardcover
Multicultural art redefines German identity beyond white Christian narratives.

Turks, Jews, and Other Germans in Contemporary Art

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  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    5 October 2021

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Summary

The first book to examine multicultural visual art in Germany, discussing more than thirty contemporary artists and arguing for a cosmopolitan Germanness.

With Turks, Jews, and Other Germans in Contemporary Art, Peter Chametzky presents a view of visual culture in Germany that leaves behind the usual suspects—those artists who dominate discussions of contemporary German art, including Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, and Rosemarie Trockel—and instead turns to those artists not…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262045766
ISBN-10:0262045761
Author:Peter Chametzky
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:5 October 2021
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
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Critics Review

“In this compelling, needed study, art historian Peter Chametzky pushes against the persistent bias in German art museums and global art history in telling the narrative of contemporary German art almost solely as a story of white, Christian artists.”
—Maud Lavin, Professor, Visual and Critical Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

About The Author

Peter Chametzky

Peter Chametzky is Professor of Art History in the School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina. He is also Interim Director of the University’s School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment (2022-24).

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