Scattered (Western Marxist-Style) Remarks about Contemporary Art, Its Contradictions and Difficulties

Mikkel Bolt

doi:10.1080/09528822.2011.560635

Scattered (Western Marxist-Style) Remarks about Contemporary Art, Its Contradictions and Difficulties

Mikkel Bolt

Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab

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Abstract

With a point of departure in Western Marxism's idea of art's ability to contribute to radical social transformation this article analyses the relationship between the current neoliberal hegemony and contemporary art, especially relational aesthetics and interventionist art, in the guise of a more solution-orientated approach and the tactical media approach. Although the artistic practices associated with these designations contain interesting capabilities the article argues that they remain firmly within the already established horizon of small-scale adjustments instead of radical transformation. In that regard they do not challenge the neoliberal discourse but only confirm the idea of TINA ('there is no alternative').

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Third Text
Vol/bind	25
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	199-210
Antal sider	12
ISSN	0952-8822
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2011.560635
Status	Udgivet - mar. 2011

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Det Humanistiske Fakultet
Samtidskunst
Taktisk medie
Relationel æstetik
Interventionskunst
vestlig marxisme

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