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ALTERMODERN: TATE TRIENNIAL 2009
Franz Ackermann, Darren Almond, Charles Avery, Walead Beshty, Spartacus Chetwynd, Marcus Coates, Peter Coffin, Matthew Darbyshire, Shezad Dawood, Tacita Dean, Ruth Ewan, Loris Greaud, Subodh Gupta, Rachel Harrison, Joachim Koester, Nathaniel Mellors, Gustav Metzger, Mike Nelson, David Noonan, Katie Paterson, Olivia Plender, Seth Price, Navin Rawanchaikul, Lindsay Seers, Bob and Roberta Smith, Simon Starling, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Tris Vonna-Michell, Tate Britain, London.
The man who fostered the regular use of the artspeak term relational aesthetics" to describe the near end of postmodernism now brings us another term: "Altermodern" While many people are hesitant to put labels on things, Nicholas Bourriaud is an exception. An unabashed taxonomist, he has put the kibosh on the "one thing...
