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Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
Gregory Sholette
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Description for Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
Hardback. Shows that the elite of the art world are sustained by new forms and styles created by artists outside the mainstream. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: ABQ; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they frequently organize in opposition to it.
Gregory Sholette, a politically engaged artist, argues that imagination and creativity in the art world originate thrive in the non-commercial sector shut off from prestigious galleries and champagne receptions. This broader creative culture feeds the mainstream with new forms ... Read more
Art is big business, with some artists able to command huge sums of money for their works, while the vast majority are ignored or dismissed by critics. This book shows that these marginalised artists, the 'dark matter' of the art world, are essential to the survival of the mainstream and that they frequently organize in opposition to it.
Gregory Sholette, a politically engaged artist, argues that imagination and creativity in the art world originate thrive in the non-commercial sector shut off from prestigious galleries and champagne receptions. This broader creative culture feeds the mainstream with new forms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Marxism and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327532
SKU
V9780745327532
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About Gregory Sholette
Gregory Sholette is a New York City based artist, writer and core member of the activist art collective Gulf Labor Coalition. He is the author of Delirium and Resistance (Pluto, 2017), Dark Matter (Pluto, 2010) and co-author of It's The Political Economy, Stupid (Pluto, 2013). He currently teaches in the Queens College Art Department, City University of New York.
Reviews for Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture
'With great verve and urgency, Gregory Sholette explores the economics of contemporary art production in an era of neoliberalism, and outlines the promises and pitfalls of various tactics of resistance. Dark Matter is a salient call-to-arms to all cultural labourers.'
Julia Bryan-Wilson, author of Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era 'The ultimate companion to contemporary activist ... Read more
Julia Bryan-Wilson, author of Art Workers: Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era 'The ultimate companion to contemporary activist ... Read more