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The Political Power of Visual Art

- Liberty, Solidarity, and Rights
Af: Daniel Herwitz Engelsk Paperback

The Political Power of Visual Art

- Liberty, Solidarity, and Rights
Af: Daniel Herwitz Engelsk Paperback
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Visual art has a ubiquitous political cast today. But which politics? Daniel Herwitz seeks clarity on the various things meant by politics, and how we can evaluate their presumptions or aspirations in contemporary art.

Drawing on the work of William Kentridge, drenched in violence, race, and power, and the artworld immolations of Banksy, Herwitz’s examples range from the NEA 4 and the question of offense-as-dissent, to the community driven work of George Gittoes, the identity politics of contemporary American art and (for contrast with the power of visual media) literature written in dialogue with truth commissions. He is interested in understanding art practices today in the light of two opposing inheritances: the avant-gardes and their politicization of the experimental art object, and 18th-century aesthetics, preaching the autonomy of the art object, which he interprets as the cultural compliment to modern liberalism. His historically-informed approach reveals how crucial this pair of legacies is to reading the tensions in voice and character of art today.

Driven by questions about the capacity of the visual medium to speak politically or acquire political agency, this book is for anyone working in aesthetics or the art world concerned with the fate of cultural politics in a world spinning out of control, yet within reach of emancipation.

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Visual art has a ubiquitous political cast today. But which politics? Daniel Herwitz seeks clarity on the various things meant by politics, and how we can evaluate their presumptions or aspirations in contemporary art.

Drawing on the work of William Kentridge, drenched in violence, race, and power, and the artworld immolations of Banksy, Herwitz’s examples range from the NEA 4 and the question of offense-as-dissent, to the community driven work of George Gittoes, the identity politics of contemporary American art and (for contrast with the power of visual media) literature written in dialogue with truth commissions. He is interested in understanding art practices today in the light of two opposing inheritances: the avant-gardes and their politicization of the experimental art object, and 18th-century aesthetics, preaching the autonomy of the art object, which he interprets as the cultural compliment to modern liberalism. His historically-informed approach reveals how crucial this pair of legacies is to reading the tensions in voice and character of art today.

Driven by questions about the capacity of the visual medium to speak politically or acquire political agency, this book is for anyone working in aesthetics or the art world concerned with the fate of cultural politics in a world spinning out of control, yet within reach of emancipation.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 216
ISBN-13: 9781350182370
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1350182370
Kategori: Filosofi: æstetik
Udg. Dato: 8 apr 2021
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 138mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 8 apr 2021
Forfatter(e): Daniel Herwitz
Forfatter(e) Daniel Herwitz


Kategori Filosofi: æstetik


ISBN-13 9781350182370


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 216


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 216mm


Højde 138mm


Udg. Dato 8 apr 2021


Oplagsdato 8 apr 2021


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC