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| Titel |
Art power |
| Auteur |
B. Groys |
| Plaats van uitgave |
Cambridge [MA], [etc.] |
| Uitgever |
MIT press |
| Jaar van uitgave |
2008
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| ISBN |
978-0-262-07292-2
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| Annotatie |
VIII, 190 p. 24 cm. - Met lit. opg.
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| Trefwoorden |
geschiedenis, kunstkritiek, sociale omgeving, musea, populaire cultuur, markt, kunst, ideologieën, politiek, filosofie, esthetica |
Samenvatting
Fundamental topics are being discussed: the nature of the art market; the connection between museums and contemporary art; the role of curators; the relation of film to art; the place of video in the museum; the art critic's position; art and terrorism; Hitler's art theory; socialist realist art; the goals of cultural studies; the effects of privatization in Russia; and the roles of minorities in Europe. Arguing for the inclusion of politically motivated art in contemporary art discourse, the author considers art produced under totalitarianism, Socialism, and post-Communism. He also considers today's mainstream Western art--which he finds behaving more and more according to the norms of ideological propaganda: produced and exhibited for the masses at international exhibitions, biennials, and festivals. Contemporary art, Groys argues, demonstrates its power by appropriating the iconoclastic gestures directed against itself--by positioning itself simultaneously as an image and as a critique of the image. This fundamental appropriation that produces the paradoxical object of the modern artwork is being examined. |
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