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Scratching the Surface
An Exploration of Graffiti and Street Art
2024 || Hardcover || Stephen Burke e.a. || Mondriaan Fonds
Scratching the Surface is a collection of essays that delves into the world of graffiti and street art, offering reflection and analysis. Commissioned by the Mondriaan Fund, this publication brings together eight experts who share their insights into these dynamic art forms and explore their future trajectories. What developments are shaping the scene and what can we learn from graffiti and street art today?
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Essayreeks The emancipated museum
2017 || Paperback || Steven ten Thije || Mondriaan Fonds
In 'The emancipated museum' the art historian and researcher Steven ten Thije engages in a personal inquiry into the importance of art museums in a society that is becoming ever more fragmented. In spite of the unprecedented success of museums in attracting masses of visitors, the future of the museum is uncertain. Museums may appear calm and self-assured to outsiders, but not even this noble showcase of art is immune to the cracks in society. The tensions between high and low, newcomer and n...
Vistas of Modernity
decolonial aesthesis and the end of the contemporary
2024 || Hardcover || Rolando Vázquez || Mondriaan Fonds
We are living in a time of polarization. Cultural and educational institutions are confronted with the responsibility to provide tools and spaces for critical reflection, for engagement, and, more fundamentally, for meeting and recognizing each other in our differences. In this decolonial essay Rolando Vázquez introduces his critique which offers an option for thinking and doing beyond the dominant paradigms. It provides a critical analysis of modernity understood broadly as the western proj...