"On Cultural Influence" offers a unique perspective of international viewpoints on the changing cultural landscape. This collection presents over thirty papers delivered at three apexart international conferences--Wroclaw, Poland (1999), Rio de Janiero, Brazil (2001) and Honolulu, Hawaii (2004). The continuing conference series is intended to promote an open dialogue among notable cultural practicioners, including curators, writers, historians, arts managers, artists, sociologists, and others, about various cultural concerns and how they change from each gathering to the next and differ among the participants. The wide range of perspectives and wealth of examples and references to artistic activity around the world will provide an unusual resource for teachers and students of art, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies as well as readers interested in diverse views of culture in a changing society.

With contributions from:

Gregory Burke Felipe Chaimovich Chaos Y. Chen Melissa Chiu Wystan Curnow Bart De Baere	Ana Devic Rifky Effendy Michèle Faguet Rubén Gallo Gridthiya Gaweewong Frederikke Hansen	Salah Hassan Pablo Helguera Viera Jancekova Marta Kuzma Young Chul Lee Ken Lum	Sergio Mah Bartomeu Mari Boris Moshkovits Thanasis Moutsopoulos Pitika Ntuli Alka Pande	Piotr Piotrowski John Roberts Jose Ignacio Roca Wojciech Stefanik Olesya Turkina Stephen Wright