Ben Davis

9.5 Theses on Art and Class

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Produktbeschreibung

Ben Davis draws the curtain back on the contemporary art world to assail its commodified roots.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781608462681
• ISBN-10: 1608462684
• Artikelnr.: 36628373

Autorenporträt

Ben Davis was born in Seattle, Washington. He currently lives and works in New York City where he is Executive Editor at Artinfo.

Inhaltsangabe

1) INTRODUCTION
2) 9.5 THESES ON ART AND CLASS
3) ART CLASS
4) ART AND INEQUALITY
5) AESTHETIC POLITICS?
6) COLLECTIVE DELUSIONS
7) WHAT GOOD IS POLITICAL ART IN TIMES LIKE THESE?
8) THE BILLY PAPPAS PROBLEM
9) BENEATH STREET ART, THE BEACH
10) WHITE WALLS, GLASS CEILING
11) THE SOCIAL BASIS OF THE HIPSTER AESTHETIC
12) COMMERCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
13) ART AS THE HUMAN RESISTANCE TO THE UNDEAD
14) CRISIS AND CRITICISM
15) IN DEFENSE OF CONCEPTS
16) THE AGE OF SEMI-POST-POSTMODERNISM
17) BEYOND THE ART WORLD
18) THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE