Capital culture : a reader on modernist legacies, state institutions, and the value(s) of art / edited by Jody Berland and Shelley Hornstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berland, Jody, Author.

Contributor:

Berland, Jody.

Hornstein, Shelley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Economic aspects--Canada--Congresses.

Art.

Art and state--Canada--Congresses.

Art and state.

Canada--Cultural policy--Congresses.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca, [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The twelve essays in the collection address cultural theory, aesthetics, and policy issues related to the economics of art in the context of globalization and the spreading influence of the practices and ideologies of market culture. With particular reference to Canada, they question whether these shifts and the rise of new media technologies are endangering or enriching public participation, democratic negotiation, and cultural diversity. The book includes essays by John Fekete on Innis and censorship, Thierry de Duve on global markets, Nicole Debreuil on the Voice of Fire controversy, and Mark Cheethum on Alex Colville and Andy Patton. It also includes specifically commissioned artworks by leading Canadian artists such as Vera Frenkel and Cheryl Sourkes. Authors: Bruce Barber (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), Jody Berland (York), Mark A. Cheetham (Western), Thierry de Duve (Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Washington, DC), Michael Dorland (Carleton), Nicole Dubreuil (Montreal), John Fekete (Trent), Shelley Hornstein (York), Johanne Lamoureux (Montreal), Brenda Longfellow (York), Janine Marchessault (McGill), Paul Mattick, Jr (Adelphi),and Anne Whitelaw (Alberta). Artists: Karl Beveridge, Michael Buckland, Carole Conde, Vera Frenkel, Janice Gurney, John Marriott, Luke Murphy, Yvonne Singer, Cheryl Sourkes, John Veenema, and Ron Wakkary.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Rich and Famous Wallpaper; Intersection; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Where Was I/See the Sights; Introduction; Thoughts to Begin; Aesthetics and Politics in the Age of Global Markets; Marketing Culture and the Policies of Value; Culture and the State; Technology, Globalization, and Cultural Identity; Thoughts to Close; Contributors; Three Works; Index; ... It's Still Privileged Art; Intersection; Nationalism and the Modernist Legacy: Dialogues with Innis; Intersection; Monopolies of Censorship: A Postmodern Footnote to Innis

Postmodernism, Ethics, and Aesthetics in the Age of Global Markets The Old Age of Art and Money; Art Money Madness: With Origins in Mind; Ideas without Work/Work without Ideas: Reflections on Work, Value, and the Volk; The Cost of the Sublime: The Voice of Fire Controversy; Colville and Patton: Two Paradigms of Value; ""Whiffs of Balsam, Pine and Spruce"": Art Museums and the Production of a ""Canadian"" Aesthetic; Please Deposit Fifty Cents and Take Card from Slot Below; Policying Culture: Canada, State Rationality, and the Governmentalization of Communication

Le trésor de la langue: Visual Arts and State Policy in Québec Speculation (Blue Chip, Red Dot); Learning the New Information Order; This Is Your Messiah Speaking; The Crisis of Naming in Canadian Film; The Shape of Time and the Value of Art; Certified Art Ad Series;

Notes:

"This collection ... arises from a workshop titled Art and money, held in 1994 at York University [Canada]"--P. 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85503-4

9786612855030

0-7735-6717-8

OCLC:

181843854