Modern contemporary
Modern contemporary by The Museum of Modern Arts is a 2000 Fiction & Literature book written by TED speaker Paola Antonelli, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA" (2013), 1M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 13 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 1st of 8 books by Paola Antonelli on Books Worth Reading (2000–2020), by publication year.
- Edition: Harry N. Abrams, 2000 · 560 pages
The paired TED talk
Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA (2013), the TED talk by Paola Antonelli.
From the publisher
"Modern Contemporary is the first publication to address the extensive holdings of contemporary art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The book covers an international spectrum of art in a variety of mediums all made within the final two decades of the twentieth century.
Organized chronologically and encompassing a prime selection of the Museum's recent acquisitions of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, design, prints, film, and video, this rich and varied array of art from 1980 until now offers a virtual compendium of the visual culture of our own time.
Juxtapositions, sequences, and cross references provides more than 550 works of art, the vast majority in full color, demonstrating just how actively the Museum, celebrated worldwide for its incomparable early modern collection, has been acquiring works from the present and the immediate past."