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Pretentiousness: Why It Matters

By Dan Fox

Book information

Publisher
Coffee House Press
Year
2016
ISBN
156689428X, 9781566894289
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2072153 bytes)
Pages
144\0
Time added
2016-05-04 02:00:04
Criticism;History & Criticism;Arts & Photography;A

Description

Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It's an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about "pretending" say about us?Co-editor of frieze, Europe's foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture, Dan Fox has authored over two hundred essays, interviews, and reviews and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications produced by major international art galleries and institutions.

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