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Praise for the IT'S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID exhibition:
'Confrontational, intellectual, and occasionally amusing group
show, which squarely aligns itself with the Occupy movement.' –
VILLAGE VOICE
'In the wake of the capitalist crisis, very few cultural
institutions have dared to address the horrors of greed that
plague us in such a direct and haunting way.' – HYPERALLERGIC
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IT'S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID brings together
internationally acclaimed artists and thinkers, including Slavoj
Žižek, David Graeber, Judith Butler and Brian Holmes, to focus
on the current economic crisis in a sustained and critical
manner.
Following a unique format, images and text are integrated in a
visually stunning bespoke production by activist designer Noel
Douglas. What emerges is a powerful critique of the current
capitalist crisis through an analytical and theoretical response
and an aesthetic-cultural rejoinder. By combining artistic
responses with the analysis of leading radical theorists, the
book expands the boundaries of critique beyond the usual
discourse.
IT'S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID argues that it is time to
push back against the dictates of the capitalist logic and, by
use of both theoretical and artistic means, launch a rescue of
the very notion of the social.
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GREGORY SHOLETTE is an artist, activist and author based in New
York. He co-founded two artists’ collectives: 'Political Art
Documentation and Distribution' (1980-88) and 'REPOhistory'
(1989-2000). He is the author of 'Dark Matter: Art and Politics
in the Age of Enterprise Culture' (Pluto, 2010) and co-editor of
'Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination
after 1945' (2007) and 'The Interventionists: Users’ Manual for
the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life' (2004).
OLIVER RESSLER is an artist and filmmaker based in Vienna. His
work has been exhibited across the world including at the
Berkeley Art Museum, USA; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art
Center, Istanbul and the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum,
Egypt. He is the editor of 'Alternative Economics, Alternative
Societies' (2007).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Pia Hovi-Assad, Pori Art Museum, Finland
1. 'Unspeaking the Grammar of Finance' – Gregory Sholette &
Oliver Ressler
2. 'It’s The Political Economy, Stupid!' – Slavoj Žižek
> Liz Park comments on art from the exhibition It’s The
Political Economy, Stupid
3. 'The Political Economization of Art' – John Roberts
4. 'Derivative Days: Notes on Art, Finance and the Un-Productive
Forces' – Melanie Gilligan
5. 'Occupational Realism' – Julia Bryan Wilson
> Angela Dimitrakaki & Kirsten Lloyd comment on art from
It’s The Political Economy, Stupid
6. 'Occupy Wall Street’s Anarchist Roots' – David Graeber
7. 'Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street' – Judith
Butler
> Thom Donovan comments on art from It’s The Political
Economy, Stupid
8. 'Sick Sad Life: On the Artistic Reproduction of Capital' –
Kerstin Stakemeier
9. 'Art after Capitalism: a final word' – Brian Holmes
Biographies
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