Conflictual Aesthetics: Artistic Activism and the Public Sphere

by Oliver Marchart

A new political theory of art and artistic praxis.

Leaping into current debates about the political efficacy of art, the essays in Conflictual Aesthetics critique the supposition that all art is inherently political. Opposed to the political art defended by art world functionaries that hides behind "simplistic complexity," Oliver Marchart argues for a straightforwardly political theory of art and artistic praxis. At the intersection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3956792041
• ISBN13: 9783956792045
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Sternberg Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"