Flash Art: Two Decades of History XXI Years (ed. Giancarlo Politi & Helena Kontova; Giancarlo Politi Editore 1989) is an anthology of the Flash Art magazine. Giancarlo Politi is the founder, publisher, and editor of Flash Art, and Helena Kontova has been co-editor since 1977.
Over two decades of contemporary art as seen through the pages of Flash Art, the controversial, contradictory art magazine which has influenced both cultural taste and artistic development in recent years. Flash Art set the standard for art magazines world-wide, and has been continually imitated for its concept and style. From Arte Povera, Process Art, Conceptual Art, Performance, and Post-Conceptualism to Pictures, the Transavantgarde, the East Village, and Neo-Conceptualism, Flash Art has functioned as both forum and catalyst for current art trends. A leading American magazine has recently called Flash Art “a reliable barometer of the Zeitgeist.”
This anthology presents the most memorable articles and issues from Flash Art’s 21 years, documenting the magazine’s policy and trajectory throughout the course of contemporary culture. This policy has been consistently concerned with capturing the new and the radical, thus transforming them, inevitably, into the event.
– Giancarlo Politi and Helena Kontova (eds.) Flash Art: Two Decades of History XXI Years (Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1989), book description
The text is in English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, art images, and other visual material.
Our copy is in good condition. The pages are clean; no markings except for the previous owner’s signature label on the first flyleaf. There is some slight toning on the edges of the pages. The binding is fine. The covers show some small traces of shelf wear and use.
