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chapter 5
DARK MATTER:
('Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture'
by Gregory Sholette, Pluto Press)
In the past forty years, neoliberalism has radically transformed the place of art in globalizing societies. From a distinct set of art practices in specific locations, focused on a small number of international centers for art, has emerged a far more extensive set of “art worlds.”
These art worlds range from a seemingly endless supply of biennales, art fairs,
and global galleries, to the proliferation of both local and national art galleries and activities.
While the new omnipresence of “contemporary” art has been widely documented by art historians and critics, this place of creativity in the global economy has not been addressed by those versed in art and visual culture.
Into this gap steps Gregory Sholette with an important new book that offers a counter-history of the rise of the global art world from the perspective of a politically engaged artist and activist. This book is far more than a conventional art history; it aspires to be a political economy of creativity under late capitalism.
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(from WHAT MATTERS by Nicholas Merzoeff)
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