How can we affirm the independence of critical artists and
intellectuals when confronted by the new crusaders of Western
culture, the neo-conservative champions of morality and good taste,
the sponsorship of multinationals and the patronage of the state,
and the self-indulgent preoccupations of fashionable theorists who
have lost all touch with reality? How can we safeguard the world of
free exchange which is, and must remain, the world of artists,
writers and scholars?
These are some of the questions discussed by the leading social
thinker Pierre Bourdieu and the artist Hans Haacke in this
remarkable new book. Their frank and open dialogue on contemporary
art and culture ranges widely, from censorship and obscenity to the
social conditions of artistic creativity. Among the examples they
discuss are the controversies surrounding the exhibition of
photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano, the debates
concerning multiculturalism and ethnic diversity, and the uses of
art as a means of contesting and disrupting symbolic domination.
They also explore the central themes of Hans Haacke's work, which
is used to illustrate the book.
"Free Exchange "is a timely intervention in current debates and
a powerful analysis of the conditions and concerns of critical
artists and intellectuals today.
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