In the mind, but not from there : real abstraction and contemporary art

Title:

In the mind, but not from there : real abstraction and contemporary art / edited by Gean Moreno

Resource Type:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

London ; New York : Verso, 2019
©2019

Description:

324 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Summary:

"In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers how the Marxian concept of "real abstraction"--originally developed by Alfred Sohn-Rethel, and recently updated by Alberto Toscano--might help to define the economic, social, political, and cultural complexities of our contemporary moment. In doing so, this volume brings together noted contemporary artists, literary critics, curators, historians, and social theorists who connect the concept of "real abstraction" with contemporary cultural production. Theoretical and artistic contributions from Benjamin Noys, Paul Chan, João Enxuto and Erica Love, Marina Vishmidt, Sven Lütticken, and many others help to map out the relationship between political economy and artistic production in the realm of contemporary, globalized cultural exchange"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The open secret of real abstraction / Alberto Toscano -- The rules of abstraction: methods and discourses of finance / Leigh Claire La Berge -- Artist's research project: extracts from The Market (2010-) / Mark Curran -- Art, systems, finance / Victoria Ivanova -- Speculation in a sense: aesthetics and real abstraction / Marina Vishmidt -- The distribution of the insensible / Nathan Brown -- Concrete abstraction: our common world / Sven Lütticken -- On rendering the d/recomposition of context and the d/recomposition of form in (global) contemporary art / Jaleh Mansoor -- When zero equals affinity / Joāo Enxuto and Erica Love -- Operationalizing real abstraction: art and the general abstract image / Diann Bauer, Suhail Malik, Natalia Zuluaga -- Art and abstraction in the present moment / Benjamin Noys -- Numbers / Brian Kuan Wood -- Day by day / John Miller -- Visceral abstractions / Sianne Ngai.

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects:

• Marx, Karl, - 1818-1883 - Aesthetics
• Art, Modern - 21st century - Philosophy
• Art and society - History - 21st century

Contributors:

• Moreno, Gean

ISBN:

9781788730693, 1788730690, 9781788736435, and 1788736435

OCLC no:

1057297151

Permanent Link

https://library.ccs.bard.edu/catalog/1057297151