Adrian Piper's aesthetic agency
Photography as catalysis for resisting neo-liberal competitive paradigms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4441937 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerlinde Van Puymbroeck (0000-0001-6009-5193, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-58 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Photography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2040-3682 • E-ISSN: 2040-3690 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/pop_00005_1 |
| OpenAlex | W3003981952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Contemporary neo-liberal society is ruled by the market. Davies, Chen and Lentin and Titley show that its objectification and categorization founds a competitive notion of agency that disables subjective construction of self and intersubjective understanding of the world. As the market's rules and norms are set by white patriarchy, its competitive paradigm structurally disadvantages others. Art too is objectified and categorized by neo-liberal institutions, equally embedded in white patriarchal market structures and severely limiting democratic public access to a diverse artistic field, argue hooks, Mercer and Piper. Yet, Piper's artwork shows, art holds emancipatory potential. Defined as transforming experience, its ambiguity provides a structure for constituting agentic subjectivity and intersubjective signification processes, defying objective/objectifying market workings. Photography's specific qualities allow Piper to democratize access to the paradigm she proposes. Her artistic choices may thus found the potential to publicly construct a notion of aesthetic agency as resistance to the neo-liberal market
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Objectification · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Cinema and Media Studies · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |