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Economy: Art, Production and the Subject in the 21st Century (Value Art Politics LUP)
Angela Dimitrakaki
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Description for Economy: Art, Production and the Subject in the 21st Century (Value Art Politics LUP)
Hardcover. The book proposes a novel theorisation of what happened in art after the demise of postmodernism in the 1990s, exploring select instances in art's and theory's shift of emphasis from cultural to economic relations. Editor(s): Dimitrakaki, Angela; Lloyd, Kirsten. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
What happened in art following the consolidation of capitalist globalisation after 1989? Drawing on work in art history, curating, critical theory, political economy and sociology, essays in Economy: Art, Production and the Subject in the 21st Century frame and substantiate the increasing attendance to economic relations as a defining trend in contemporary art’s history and one that brought to an end the hegemony of the cultural subject encountered in postmodern discourse. Contributions include reflections on art in its relation to property as well as to speculation and finance, immaterial labour and the avant-garde, the lessons of the past in pursuing ... Read more
What happened in art following the consolidation of capitalist globalisation after 1989? Drawing on work in art history, curating, critical theory, political economy and sociology, essays in Economy: Art, Production and the Subject in the 21st Century frame and substantiate the increasing attendance to economic relations as a defining trend in contemporary art’s history and one that brought to an end the hegemony of the cultural subject encountered in postmodern discourse. Contributions include reflections on art in its relation to property as well as to speculation and finance, immaterial labour and the avant-garde, the lessons of the past in pursuing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Value: Art: Politics
Condition
New
Weight
555g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381380
SKU
V9781781381380
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About Angela Dimitrakaki
Angela Dimitrakaki is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Edinburgh. Kirsten Lloyd is Teaching Fellow in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and Associate Curator at Stills, Edinburgh.
Reviews for Economy: Art, Production and the Subject in the 21st Century (Value Art Politics LUP)
Reviews 'Fascinating, extremely well-written and absorbing - this book targets effectively today's urgent debates.' Esther Leslie, Birkbeck University of London