Campbell, D: Variable Capital

Campbell, David; Durden, Mark

ISBN 10: 1846311268 / ISBN 13: 9781846311260

Verlag: Liverpool University Press, 2008

Beschreibung

Neuware - Taking its title from a term Karl Marx used to explain how value is produced in a commodity, 'Variable Capital' charts the strategies that artist have employed in order to redirect attention toward the usually invisible processes of exploitation and alienation underlying artistic production. Examining a range of international artists, including Common Culture, Richard Hughes, Melanie Jackson, Brian Ulrich, and Andy Warhol, much of the work discussed is characterized by a willingness to engineer awkward and embarrassing situations that challenge the viewer with uncomfortable realities. Many of the artists featured achieve this by humorously subverting familiar objects and rituals to critique and emphasize the ridiculous--creating an art that, though not necessarily redemptive, is still a vehicle by which the often absurd and brutal logic of commodification is revealed.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781846311260

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Campbell, D: Variable Capital
• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1846311268
• ISBN-13: 9781846311260
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 292B x 231 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 292 mm, Höhe: 231 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 975 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Taking its title from a term Karl Marx used to explain how value is produced in a commodity, Variable Capital charts the strategies that artist have employed in order to redirect attention toward the usually invisible processes of exploitation and alienation underlying artistic production. Examining a range of international artists, including Common Culture, Richard Hughes, Melanie Jackson, Brian Ulrich, and Andy Warhol, much of the work discussed is characterized by a willingness to engineer awkward and embarrassing situations that challenge the viewer with uncomfortable realities. Many of the artists featured achieve this by humorously subverting familiar objects and rituals to critique and emphasize the ridiculous—creating an art that, though not necessarily redemptive, is still a vehicle by which the often absurd and brutal logic of commodification is revealed.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

David Campbell and Mark Durden are artists who have worked collaboratively under the name Common Culture since 1996. They have achieved international recognition for their spectacular displays of fast food light box menus—exhibiting in New York, Manchester, Athens, and most recently, at the Tate Liverpool.

Mark Durden is Professor of Photography at Newport School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales.