Dark Matter: Art And Politics In The Age Of Enterprise Culture Contributor(s): Sholette, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745327532 ISBN-13: 9780745327532 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Art & Politics - Art | Criticism & Theory - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
Dewey: 700.103 |
Series: Marxism and Culture |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.14 lbs) 256 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 and styles that can be commodified and used to sustain the few artists admitted into the elite. This dependency, and the advent of inexpensive communication, audio and video technology, has allowed this 'dark matter' of the alternative art world to increasingly subvert the mainstream and intervene politically as both new and old forms of non-capitalist, public art. This book is essential for anyone interested in interventionist art, collectivism, and the political economy of the art world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sholette, Gregory: - Gregory Sholette is a New York City based artist, writer, and core member of the activist art collective Gulf Labor Coalition. He is the co-author of It's the Political Economy, Stupid; and Dark Matter: Art and Politics in an Age of Enterprise Culture, and author of Delirium and Resistance. He currently teaches in the Queens College art department at City University of New York. |