An edition of Ante-Matter (2017)

Ante-Matter

Activist Art and the Failure of Capitalism

Ante-Matter
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An edition of Ante-Matter (2017)

Ante-Matter

Activist Art and the Failure of Capitalism

Capitalist crisis do not begin within art, but art reflects and even amplifies their effects. The dizzying prices achieved by artists who pander to the financial elites, the proliferation of museums that contribute to the global competition between cities to attract capital, and the strange relationship between art and the rampant gentrification that restructures the urban landscape: these are the obvious features of art's subservience to capitalism. There is a flipside, however, which shows art playing an increasingly important role in resistance to austerity and the prefiguration of a different world. Delirium and Resistance engages in critical dialogue with artists' collectives, counter-institutions and activist groups, while reflecting on the inequalities of neoliberal culture. It draws on over thirty years of critical debates and practices both in and beyond the art world to historicise and advocate for the art activist tradition that radically entangles the visual arts with political struggles.

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Pluto Press
Language
English
Pages
256

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Ante-Matter: Activist Art and the Failure of Capitalism
2017, Pluto Press
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Cover of: Ante-Matter
Ante-Matter: Activist Art and the Failure of Capitalism
2017, Pluto Press
in English

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Library of Congress
N6490, N72.P6 S595 2017

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Open Library
OL28595598M
ISBN 13
9780745336848
OCLC/WorldCat
987004404

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OL21125154W

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