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1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Radical aesthetics - radical art
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Radical aesthetics, radical art.
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| Summary |
"Working Aesthetics is about the relationship between art and work under contemporary capitalism. Whilst labour used to be regarded as an unattractive subject for art, the proximity of work to everyday life has subsequently narrowed the gap between work and art. The artist is no longer considered apart from the economic, but is heralded as an example of how to work in neoliberal management textbooks. As work and life become obscured within the contemporary period, this book asks how artistic practice is affected, including those who labour for artists. Through a series of case studies, Working Aesthetics critically examines the moments in which labour and art intersect under capitalism. When did labour disappear from art production, or accounts of art history? Can we consider the dematerialization of art in the 1960s in relation to the deskilling of work? And how has neoliberal management theory adopting the artist as model worker affected artistic practices in the 21st century? With the narrowing of work and art visible in galleries and art discourse today, Working Aesthetics takes a step back to ask why labour has become a valid subject for contemporary art, and explores what this means for aesthetic culture today."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : labour, art and capitalism -- the deskilling of the artist : Lippincott Inc. (1966-94) -- Neo-liberalism and the facilitator : Mike Smith Studio (1989- ) -- The artist as project manager? : Thomas HIrschhorn's Bataille monument (2002) and Gramsci monument (2013) -- Immaterial labour : Rimini Protokoll's Call Cutta in a box (2008-12) -- Affective action : Liberate Tate (2010- ) -- Digital labour and capitalist technologies : etoy's Toywar (1999) and Mission eternity (2005- ) -- Conclusion : making work visible -- Afterword : Where do we go from here? : a note on post-work |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Art -- Economic aspects.
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Art -- Economic aspects. |
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Aesthetics -- Economic aspects.
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Aesthetics. |
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Art -- Political aspects.
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Art -- Political aspects. |
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Art and society.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects.
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Art and society. |
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Capitalism -- Social aspects. |
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ART -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Child, Danielle. Working aesthetics. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019 9781350022386 (OCoLC)1013740635 |
| ISBN |
9781350022409 (electronic book) |
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1350022403 (electronic book) |
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9781350022379 (pdf) |
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1350022373 (pdf) |
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9781350022386 |
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1350022381 |
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9781350022393 (paperback) |
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135002239X (paperback) |
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