{"product_id":"9781350022393","title":"Working Aesthetics Labour, Art and Capitalism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRadical Aesthetics-Radical Art\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWorking Aesthetics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLabour, Art and Capitalism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDanielle Child | Gillian Whiteley | Jane Tormey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorking Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003eis about the relationship between art and work under contemporary capitalism. Whilst labour used to be regarded as an unattractive subject for art, the proximity of work to everyday life has subsequently narrowed the gap between work and art. The artist is no longer considered apart from the economic, but is heralded as an example of how to work in neoliberal management textbooks. As work and life become obscured within the contemporary period, this book asks how artistic practice is affected, including those who labour for artists. Through a series of case studies, \u003ci\u003eWorking Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e critically examines the moments in which labour and art intersect under capitalism. When did labour disappear from art production, or accounts of art history? Can we consider the dematerialization of art in the 1960s in relation to the deskilling of work? And how has neoliberal management theory adopting the artist as model worker affected artistic practices in the 21st century? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the narrowing of work and art visible in galleries and art discourse today, \u003ci\u003eWorking Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e takes a step back to ask why labour has become a valid subject for contemporary art, and explores what this means for aesthetic culture today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDanielle Child\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Art History at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Culture Editor for \u003ci\u003eRed Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and a member of the Association of Art Historians.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 January 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350022393\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332529062028,"sku":"9781350022393","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350022393","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}