Delirium and Resistance: Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism
By Gregory Sholette, Edited by Kim Charnley, Forward by Lucy R. Lippard
Pluto Press, 2017
Paperback, 9 x 6 in.
320 pages
$13.50
WPA Note:
Gregory Sholette was a guest speaker at WPA in 2017 as part of a series of conversations organized by Joseph Orzal and Nomunomu.
Description:
In this follow-up to his influential 2010 book, Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture, Sholette engages in critical dialogue with artists' collectives, counter-institutions, and activist groups to offer an insightful, firsthand account of the relationship between politics and art in neoliberal society. Sholette lays out clear examples of art's deep involvement in capitalism: the dizzying prices achieved by artists who pander to the financial elite, the proliferation of museums that contribute to global competition between cities in order to attract capital, and the strange relationship between art and rampant gentrification that restructures the urban landscape.
About the Author(s):
Gregory Sholette is a New York City based artist, writer and core member of the activist art collective Gulf Labor Coalition. He is the author of Delirium and Resistance (Pluto, 2017), Dark Matter (Pluto, 2010) and co-author of It's The Political Economy, Stupid (Pluto, 2013). He currently teaches in the Queens College Art Department, City University of New York.