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Utopian strategies in contemporary art seen in the context of the histories of utopian thinking and avant-garde art. Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgement that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new. Contemporary art reflects this general ambivalence. The utopian impulse informs politically activist and relational art, practices that fuse elements of art, design, and architecture, and collaborative projects aspiring to progressive social or political change. Two other tendencies have emerged in recent art: a looking backward to investigate the utopian elements of previous eras, and the imaginative modeling of alternative worlds as intimations of possibility. This anthology contextualizes these utopian currents 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.

hedendaagse kunst --- art theory --- utopias --- thema's in de kunst --- dystopias --- art [fine art] --- Art --- Contemporary [style of art] --- Parreno, Philippe --- Tiravanija, Rirkrit --- Young, Carey --- Gillick, Liam --- Graham, Dan --- McCarthy, Paul --- Titchner, Mark --- Kabakov, Ilija Iosefovich --- Beuys, Joseph --- Pil & Galia Kollectiv --- Constant --- Noble, Paul --- Gormley, Antony --- Norman, Nils --- Chan, Paul --- Kingelez, Bodys Isek --- Hirschhorn, Thomas --- Debord, Guy --- Deller, Jeremy --- Wochenklausur --- Atelier Van Lieshout [Rotterdam] --- Superflex [Copenhagen] --- anno 2000-2099 --- anno 1900-1999 --- Art, Modern --- Utopias in art --- Art and society --- Utopies dans l'art --- Art et société --- History --- Histoire --- Utopias in art. --- 7.01 --- Kunst ; theorie, filosofie, esthetica --- Kunsttheorie ; utopieën ; 20ste en 21ste eeuw --- Art et société --- Contemporary art --- Modernism (Art) --- Affichistes (Group of artists) --- Fluxus (Group of artists) --- Schule der Neuen Prächtigkeit (Group of artists) --- Zero (Group of artists) --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Social aspects --- Utopie --- Imaginaire --- Art et politique --- Iconographie --- Art contemporain --- Processus de création --- Psychologie --- Création artistique --- Psychanalyse --- Psychanalyse et art --- Psychologie et art --- Kunst --- kunst --- utopia's --- kunsttheorie --- dystopieën --- SUPERFLEX [Kopenhagen] --- SUPERFLEX [Copenhagen] --- utopie --- land art --- kunst en politiek --- performances --- happenings --- activisme --- situationisme --- 130.2 --- 7.039 --- kunst en ecologie --- 7.038/039 --- 7.038 --- cultuurfilosofie --- twintigste eeuw --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- Art, Modern - 20th century --- Art, Modern - 21st century --- Art and society - History - 20th century --- Art and society - History - 21st century --- art [discipline] --- Futurisme