Post-Nordic

Post-Nordic – The Rise and Fall of a Nordic Art Scene 1986–2006 is the first
extensive survey of Nordic art during the transition from postmodernism to
what might be called "the period of contemporary art".
The book revolves around three historical situations: The early 1990s, when
the artists, critics and curators associated with the "new" art scenes began
challenging the prevailing Nordic postmodernism. The late 1990s, when the
nineties generation was controversially labeled "the Nordic Miracle." And the
2000s, when the Nordic art world experienced a turn to the right regarding
cultural politics and a turn to the left within the art institution. Post-
Nordic presents analyses of artworks, exhibitions, publications and
institutions over a twenty-year period, creating a historical and political
portrait of the forces that have shaped and continue to shape our
understandings of art. Accessibly written by an author with first-hand
knowledge of the period, the book lends prominence to the voices of the
artists and critics who were active at the time. Covered themes include new
media, postnationalism, feminism, identity politics, social art, globalisation
and activism.