Free Exchange
1. Edition May 1995
144 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-1522-6
John Wiley & Sons
In this book, leading social thinker Pierre Bourdieu and the artist Hans Haacke discuss contemporary art and the relations between art, politics and society. Their dialogue ranges widely from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity, and focusses on the central themes in the work of both authors.
Publisher's Note.
List of Hans Haacke's works.
Foreword.
1. Helmsboro Country.
2. Sponsors who know the tune.
3. Creating a sensation.
4. Real simulacra.
5. The crusaders of 'high culture'.
6. Defense of the West and the return of absolutism.
7. In the state's noose.
8. A politics of form.
9. Plain speaking.
10. Too Good to be True (by Pierre Bourdieu).
11. Gondola! Gondola! (by Hans Haacke).
List of Hans Haacke's works.
Foreword.
1. Helmsboro Country.
2. Sponsors who know the tune.
3. Creating a sensation.
4. Real simulacra.
5. The crusaders of 'high culture'.
6. Defense of the West and the return of absolutism.
7. In the state's noose.
8. A politics of form.
9. Plain speaking.
10. Too Good to be True (by Pierre Bourdieu).
11. Gondola! Gondola! (by Hans Haacke).
"Some of the best - and funniest - passages in the book are
Haacke's Scarfe-like sketches of the denizens of mondo
biennale." Times Literary Supplement
Haacke's Scarfe-like sketches of the denizens of mondo
biennale." Times Literary Supplement
Pierre Bourdieu was Professor of Sociology at the
Collège de France
Hans Haacke is a contemporary visual artist.
Collège de France
Hans Haacke is a contemporary visual artist.