Art + Archive provides an in-depth analysis of the connection between
art and the archive at the turn of the twenty-first century. The book
examines how the archive emerged in art writing in the mid-1990s and how
its subsequent ubiquity can be understood in light of wider social,
technological, philosophical and art-historical conditions and concerns.
Deftly combining writing on archives from different disciplines with
artistic practices, the book clarifies the function and meaning of one
of the most persistent artworld buzzwords of recent years, shedding
light on the conceptual and historical implications of the so-called
archival turn in contemporary art.