This is Not New
Art, Culture, and the Promise of Change
Seiten
2025
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4270-2 (ISBN)
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4270-2 (ISBN)
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A lively and witty critique of 'newness' as an unquestioned good in art and culture
This is not new. It is a story, newly told, of how art becomes culture.
From the march of fascism in Charlottesville to the ongoing nightmare of police brutality, 'This is not new!' has served, time and again, as a clarion call and a warning: a protest against the distracting shock of the new, and superficial problem-solving that fails to acknowledge historical struggles and actions. Our fixation with newness is profoundly political - and yet nowhere is it more pronounced than in culture.
Today, artists, their audiences and their economies remain fixated on 'discoveries,' 'freshness,' and 'breaking ground.' Those from marginalised communities become 'new voices' and yet another passing fad. This Is Not New unpicks the lingering perception that novelty equals good, and asks in whose interests it serves.
This is not new. It is a story, newly told, of how art becomes culture.
From the march of fascism in Charlottesville to the ongoing nightmare of police brutality, 'This is not new!' has served, time and again, as a clarion call and a warning: a protest against the distracting shock of the new, and superficial problem-solving that fails to acknowledge historical struggles and actions. Our fixation with newness is profoundly political - and yet nowhere is it more pronounced than in culture.
Today, artists, their audiences and their economies remain fixated on 'discoveries,' 'freshness,' and 'breaking ground.' Those from marginalised communities become 'new voices' and yet another passing fad. This Is Not New unpicks the lingering perception that novelty equals good, and asks in whose interests it serves.
David Balzer is a writer, lawyer, editor, and educator. He is the author of Contrivances (2012) and Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else (2014). His critical writing has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Guardian, Artforum, and Frieze. He lives in Canada.
Introduction
1. Power and Submission
2. Erasure
3. Waste
Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7453-4270-1 / 0745342701 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7453-4270-2 / 9780745342702 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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