9.5 Theses on Art and Class : And Other Writings
Notes
Seeks to show how a clear understanding of class makes sense of what is at stake in a broad number of contemporary art’s most persistent debates, from definitions of political art, to the troubled status of “outsider” and street art, to the question of how we maintain faith in art itself in a dysfunctional world.
Part of the Study Room Guide on Live Art and class and cultural privilege. (P3152)
| Artist / Author | Ben Davis |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Haymarket Books |
| ISBN | 978-1608462681 |
| Reference | P3153 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Type | Publication |
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