Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,7, University of Applied Sciences Riedlingen, language: English, abstract: 1. IntroductionThe global financial crisis that became obvious in the summer of 2007, led to a severe economic crisis about one year later....

From 2003-2007, one of the most exciting exhibit spaces in London was Flaca, in the home of artist Tom Humphreys. This copiously illustrated exhibition catalog looks back on those days through Humphreys\' eyes....

This reader - based on a symposium at the Department of Sculpture -Transmedial Space, University of Art and Design, Linz - poses profound questions about contemporary sculpture....

Many contemporary artworks evoke the human figure: consider the omnipresence of the mannequin in the work of artists like John Miller, Thomas Hirschhorn, Heimo Zobernig, or David Lieske. Or the revival of a minimalist vocabulary embracing anthropomorphism, as in the works of Isa Genzken and Rachel Harrison....