218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
Written with beautiful clarity, Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design asks the contemporary art world to be honest about the pervasive effects of commodification and the difficulty of staging critique. The book examines the collusion of 'art' and 'design' in contemporary artistic practices in order to find avenues of critique in a commercially driven cultural landscape. Grace McQuilten focuses... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Art, design, mis-design; Playing Zittel: Andrea Zittel's design for living; Adam Kalkin's architectural wonderland; Overcoming design: Vito Acconci/Acconci Studio; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Grace McQuilten is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
'Art in Consumer Culture gets to the heart of the anxious dialogue between contemporary art and design. McQuilten’s rigorous argumentation addresses the role of bodily desire, irrationality, and the disruption of function in practices of mis-design. Her nuanced analysis recovers a place for the criticality of art in the era of late capitalism.' Amanda Boetzkes, The Ethics of Earth Art
