Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12224612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Malcolm Miles (0000-0002-9906-9184, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-433 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Third Text (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-8822 • E-ISSN: 1475-5297 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09528820903007701 |
| OpenAlex | W1978398117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The division between art and political activism becomes increasingly blurred when artists’ groups develop ways of working which draw on the tactics of campaigning groups. This follows a collapsing of the boundaries between art, architecture, design, fashion and communications media through the past two decades. But while the arts have merged into the creative industries, art activism emerges now as a dissident practice. The article begins by noting two contemporary artists’ groups – in the UK and Argentina – for whom art offers a means of politicised intervention. It then examines various critical positions on such art and its relation to diverse publics and questions the viability of recent arguments for relational aesthetics in the face of current political emergencies
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Contemporary art · Face (sociological concept · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Publics · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Artistic and Creative Research · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |