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Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Arne De Boever
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| Series | Forerunners: Ideas First |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:130 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Art: the financial aspect
Art History
Philosophy - aesthetics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781517908348
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| Audience | | General | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
16 b&w illustrations
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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| Publication Date |
11 June 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Reconsiders exceptionalism between aesthetics and politics Here, Arne De Boever proposes the notion of aesthetic exceptionalism to describe the widespread belief that art and artists are exceptional. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism challenges that belief by focusing on the sovereign artist as genius, as well as the original artwork as the foundation of the art market. Engaging with sculpture, conceptual artwork, and painting by emerging and established artists, De Boever proposes a worldly, democratic notion of unexceptional art as an antidote to the problems of aesthetic exceptionalism. Forerunners: Ideas First Short books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead
Author Biography
Arne De Boever is faculty in the School of Critical Studies and director of the MA Aesthetics and Politics program at the California Institute of the Arts. His works include States of Exception in the Contemporary Novel, Narrative Care, Plastic Sovereignties, and Finance Fictions.
Reviews"De Boever's work offers an ongoing intellectual and critical project."-Collateral
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