Thesentür : Conscientious Objector to Formalism, Paperback by Harris, Theodor...

by Theodore Harris

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Thesentür : Conscientious Objector to Formalism, Paperback by Harris, Theodore a, ISBN 1547027630, ISBN-13 9781547027637, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Thesentür: Conscientious Objector to FormalismBy Theodore A. HarrisThesentür: Conscientious Objector to Formalism is a series of minimal,image and quotation based works that uses poetry to confront mainstream art criticism, art history, to look beneath the surface politics of aesthetics and formalism in a presentation of art that is not self-referential or to put a Black face on the art history of functions as the cosmetics of art criticism like aluminum siding on a slumlord’s property. It is an attempt to disguise what is crumbling beneath the surface politics of its proselytizing church bells,ringing, in the mega church / museums and galleries where there are more Black bodies guarding the white cube then exhibiting in marginalized artist know is that canon formation is a battlefield and critical art is the weapon! In the crossed out words of Basquiat to repel ghosts.

• Publisher: CreateSpace
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781547027637
• Condition: Fine

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