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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787557903321

Autore

Davis Ben <1979->

Titolo

9.5 theses on art and class / / Ben  Davis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-60846-286-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

ART009000ART037000SOC050000SOC041000

Disciplina

701/.03

Soggetti

Art and society

Art - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Art and Class; ONE: Art and Class; TWO: 9.5 Theses on Art and Class; Art and Politics; THREE: What Good Is Political Artin Times Like These?; FOUR: Collective Delusions; FIVE: How Political Are Aesthetic Politics?; Art and Its Audiences; SIX: Art and Inequality; SEVEN: The Agony of the Interloper; EIGHT: Beneath Street Art, the Beach; NINE: White Walls, Glass Ceiling; TEN: Hipster Aesthetics; Art and Theory; ELEVEN: Commerce and Consciousness; TWELVE: Crisis and Criticism; THIRTEEN: In Defense of Concepts; FOURTEEN: The Semi-Post-Postmodern Condition; Conclusions

FIFTEEN: Beyond the Art World SIXTEEN: To the Future; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

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