The conspiracy of art : manifestos, interviews, essays / Jean Baudrillard ; edited by Sylvère Lotringer ; translated by Ames Hodges.
"In 1996 Jean Baudrillard scandalized the art world by denouncing a "conspiracy" of art. But most missed the point. He wasn't attacking art, because art has ceased to exist - only its claim to privilege. Spiraling from aesthetic nullity to commercial frenzy, art has entered a &qu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Cambridge :
Semiotext(e),
2005.
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| Series: | Semiotext(e) foreign agents series.
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| Summary: | "In 1996 Jean Baudrillard scandalized the art world by denouncing a "conspiracy" of art. But most missed the point. He wasn't attacking art, because art has ceased to exist - only its claim to privilege. Spiraling from aesthetic nullity to commercial frenzy, art has entered a "transaesthetic" state. The Conspiracy of Art examines its complicitous dance with politics, economics, and media, including Abu Ghraib's reality show. Baudrillard reveals the premises of his "radical thought" in the absurdist logic of pataphysics (his first unpublished text on Alfred Jarry), and in the Theater of Cruelty (a talk on Antonin Artaud with life-long collaborator Sylvere Lotringer)."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 247 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1584350288 9781584350286 |