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Art and Labour: On the Hostility to Handicraft, Aesthetic Labour and the Politics of Work in Art

Dave Beech

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Description:Deutscher Prize winning artist and writer Dave Beech turns his attention to what it means to view Art as work.This book provides a ground breaking re-examination of the changing relationship between art, craft, and industry focusing on the transition from workshop to studio, apprentice to pupil, guild to gallery and artisan to artist. Responding to the question whether the artist is a relic of the feudal mode of production or is a commodity producer corresponding to the capitalist mode of cultural production, Beech reveals, instead, that the history of the formation of art as distinct from handicraft, commerce, and industry can be traced back to the dissolution of the dual system of guild and court. This essential history needs to be revisited in order to rethink the categories of aesthetic labour, attractive labour, alienated labour, nonalienated labour and unwaged labour that shape the modern and contemporary politics of work in art.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Art and Labour: On the Hostility to Handicraft, Aesthetic Labour and the Politics of Work in Art. To get started finding Art and Labour: On the Hostility to Handicraft, Aesthetic Labour and the Politics of Work in Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 304

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Release: 2021

ISBN: 1642594237

Description: Deutscher Prize winning artist and writer Dave Beech turns his attention to what it means to view Art as work.This book provides a ground breaking re-examination of the changing relationship between art, craft, and industry focusing on the transition from workshop to studio, apprentice to pupil, guild to gallery and artisan to artist. Responding to the question whether the artist is a relic of the feudal mode of production or is a commodity producer corresponding to the capitalist mode of cultural production, Beech reveals, instead, that the history of the formation of art as distinct from handicraft, commerce, and industry can be traced back to the dissolution of the dual system of guild and court. This essential history needs to be revisited in order to rethink the categories of aesthetic labour, attractive labour, alienated labour, nonalienated labour and unwaged labour that shape the modern and contemporary politics of work in art.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Art and Labour: On the Hostility to Handicraft, Aesthetic Labour and the Politics of Work in Art. To get started finding Art and Labour: On the Hostility to Handicraft, Aesthetic Labour and the Politics of Work in Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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