The Conflicting Presence of Nation in the Altermodern An Examination of the Art of Globalisation and in it, the presence of National Identity

Eleanor Costello
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2014
BA

Subject: Sculpture, Installation, Photography and Digital
Country: England
Period: 21st Century

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The topic of this dissertation is Globalisation and Contemporary art. This subject is extremely relevant to the current climate in the art world and defines what has been occurring in art in the 21st century.In order to discuss coherently this complicated and concentrated topic it has been narrowed down specifically into one area of interest. The aim of the dissertation is to show examples from ‘Altermodern’ which demonstrates the global world today. Many theorists such as Bourriaud chose to believe that we live in a boundary less environment. Hence, the prevalence and subliminal influence of the nation state and the local on ones’ identity still exists. Even in the art of globalisation one can see evidence of something more negatively oriented and narrow then perhaps discourse on the topic suggests.

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The Conflicting Presence of Nation in the Altermodern An Examination of the Art of Globalisation and in it, the presence of National Identity