THE CONTEMPORARY, THE COMMON ART IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

The work of Claire Fontaine, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, Ion Grigorescu, Carsten Höller, Mike Kelley, Sigalit Landau, Rabih Mroué, Yvonne Rainer, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Jeff Wall, among other artists, is examined in this book, together with Pontbriands insights into the seminal issues stirring the field of contemporary art.