EPISODE · Dec 19, 2023 · 1H 26M
/381/ Contemporary Art: Inane Spectacle & Pompous Discourse, ft. JJ Charlesworth
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On contemporary art. Critic and editor at Art Review, JJ Charlesworth, joins us to talk about why so much contemporary art is bad. We discuss: Why is art no longer about beauty? Are we stuck between art that is either superficial or hyperpolitical? Why has there been a turn towards the mystical and irrational in art? How are ideas of the indigenous and the ecological represented in art today? Is there a romantic revolt against reason and is it new? Links: Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain: The Critical War, JJ Charlesworth The Return of Magic in Art, JJ Charlesworth, Art Review Gabriel Massan’s Decolonial Games, JJ Charlesworth, Art Review The naked truth about Marina Abramović – her ‘art’ is a joke, JJ Charlesworth, Telegraph
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On contemporary art. Critic and editor at Art Review, JJ Charlesworth, joins us to talk about why so much contemporary art is bad. We discuss: Why is art no longer about beauty? Are we stuck between art that is either superficial or hyperpolitical? Why has there been a turn towards the mystical and irrational in art? How are ideas of the indigenous and the ecological represented in art today? Is there a romantic revolt against reason and is it new? Links: Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain: The Critical War, JJ Charlesworth The Return of Magic in Art, JJ Charlesworth, Art Review Gabriel Massan’s Decolonial Games, JJ Charlesworth, Art Review The naked truth about Marina Abramović – her ‘art’ is a joke, JJ Charlesworth, Telegraph
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