Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld

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Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld. / Petersen, Anne Ring.

In: Third Text, Vol. 26, No. 2, 03.2012, p. 195-204.

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Petersen, AR 2012, 'Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld', Third Text, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 195-204.

APA

Petersen, A. R. (2012). Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld. Third Text, 26(2), 195-204.

Vancouver

Petersen AR. Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld. Third Text. 2012 Mar;26(2):195-204.

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Petersen, Anne Ring. / Identity Politics, Institutional Multiculturalism, and the Global Artworld. In: Third Text. 2012 ; Vol. 26, No. 2. pp. 195-204.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Questions of cultural identity and the status of non-Western artists in the West have been important to the discourses on contemporary art for at least two decades. This article considers the connections between the critical discourse on cultural identity, the globalisation of the art world and the adoption of multicultural policies by Western art institutions. It is argued that discussions from the last two decades have not only made it clear that institutional multiculturalism is not the answer to the problem of attaining 'true' recognition of non-Western artists, but also revealed that the critical discourse on identity politics has not been able to come up with solutions, either. In fact, it is marred by the same binary thinking and mechanisms of exclusion that it aims to deconstruct. To get beyond the deadlock of the critical discourse on identity politics, the article suggests that it is necessary to reconsider the works of art themselves from an aesthetic and epistemological point of view.",
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