PERIPHERAL INSIDER. PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONALISM IN VISUAL CULTURE

With increased mobility and transnational interaction worldwide, internationalism in contemporary visual art is no longer exclusively a western issue. Contemporary visual art includes works by expatriate artists who have settled in the west, as well as artists outside the west reflecting on everyday events in a globalized world. Peripheral Insider examines the conditions of expatriate artists from various angles: the historical and colonial roots of the issue, positions among theorists dealing with expatriate artists in the west, the role of established art institutions, and examples of recent developments in the field. Peripheral Insider argues that expatriate art or internationalism in visual art is a phenomenon with a specific history, closely related to colonial and post-colonial experiences. The contributors elucidate the book's main theme on various theoretical levels and set forth their analyses of a number of issues relevant to new interpretations of "the post-colonial agenda." The writers pose questions about the problem of identity, curators' responsibility with respect to the "others' art", Orientalism, and fundamentalism. Also examined are the analyses of the many impediments that expatriate artists have run up against in different countries, especially Scandinavia.