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Beyond critique : contemporary art in theory, practice, and instruction / edited by Pamela Fraser and Roger Rothman.

Fraser, Pamela, (editor.). Rothman, Roger, (editor.). College Art Association (U.S.). Annual Conference (101st : 2013 : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author).

Summary:

Critique has long been a central concept within art practice and theory. Since the emergence of Conceptual Art, artists have been expected by critics, curators, and art school faculty to focus their work on exposing and debunking ideologies of power and domination. Recently, however, the effectiveness of cultural critique has come into question. The appearance of concepts such as the "speculative," the "reparative," and the "constructive" suggests an emerging postcritical paradigm. Beyond Critique takes stock of the current discourse around this issue. With some calling for a renewed criticality and others rejecting the model entirely, the book's contributors explore a variety of new and recently reclaimed criteria for contemporary art and its pedagogy. Some propose turning toward affect and affirmation; others seek to reclaim such allegedly discredited concepts as intimacy, tenderness, and spirituality. With contributions from artists, critics, curators and historians, this book provides new ways of thinking about the historical role of critique while also exploring a wide range of alternative methods and aspirations.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501323461
ISBN: 1501323466
Physical Description: xi, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Outgrowth of a panel discussion at the 2013 conference of the College Art Association in New York.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 History and Theory -- 1. Allegory of Criticism / David Joselit -- 2. Fluxus and the Art of Affirmation / Roger Rothman -- 3. Defining Criticality as an Historical Object of the 1970s and 1980s / AnnMarie Perl -- 4. "The people were smart and hungry": Criticality, Egalitarianism, and the Pictures Generation / Anthony E. Grudin -- 5. Shiny Things / Paul Preissner -- pt. 2 Practice -- 6. Still in the Cage: Thoughts on "Two Undiscovered Amerindians," 20 Years Later / Coco Fusco -- 7. Parasitism and Contemporary Art / Adrian Anagnost -- 8. Time, Autonomy, and Criticality in Socially Engaged Art / Grant Kester -- 9. Radical Proximity / Sofia Leiby -- 10. Post-Critical Painting / Andreas Fischer -- 11. Intimate Bureaucracies: A [Sweetened and Condensed] Manifesto / Craig Saper -- pt. 3 Instruction -- 12. On Performing the Critical / Billie Lee -- 13. Consideration (As an Antidote to Critique) / Karen Schiff -- 14. Re-Thinking Art Education (Revisited), or How I Learned to Love Art Schools Again / Jen Delos Reyes -- 15. Pragmatics of Studio Critique / Judith Leemann -- 16. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Gift, Circulation, and Community Building in the Studio Art Crit / Shona Macdonald.