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Subject: [Newsletter] NEW FROM PLUTO PRESS: It’s the Political Economy, Stupid: The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory<br>To: <a href="mailto:newsletter@ressler.at">newsletter@ressler.at</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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It’s the Political Economy, Stupid<br>
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The Global Financial Crisis in Art and Theory<br>
Edited by Gregory Sholette and Oliver Ressler</div>
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Hardback | 9780745333694 | £19.99 / $30<br>
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Praise for the IT'S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID exhibition:<br>
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'Confrontational, intellectual, and occasionally amusing group
show, which squarely aligns itself with the Occupy movement.' –
VILLAGE VOICE <br>
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'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<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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).<br>
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).<br>
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br>
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Foreword by Pia Hovi-Assad, Pori Art Museum, Finland<br>
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1. 'Unspeaking the Grammar of Finance' – Gregory Sholette &
Oliver Ressler<br>
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2. 'It’s The Political Economy, Stupid!' – Slavoj Žižek<br>
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> Liz Park comments on art from the exhibition It’s The
Political Economy, Stupid<br>
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3. 'The Political Economization of Art' – John Roberts<br>
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4. 'Derivative Days: Notes on Art, Finance and the Un-Productive
Forces' – Melanie Gilligan<br>
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5. 'Occupational Realism' – Julia Bryan Wilson<br>
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> Angela Dimitrakaki & Kirsten Lloyd comment on art from
It’s The Political Economy, Stupid<br>
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6. 'Occupy Wall Street’s Anarchist Roots' – David Graeber<br>
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7. 'Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street' – Judith
Butler<br>
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> Thom Donovan comments on art from It’s The Political
Economy, Stupid<br>
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8. 'Sick Sad Life: On the Artistic Reproduction of Capital' –
Kerstin Stakemeier<br>
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9. 'Art after Capitalism: a final word' – Brian Holmes<br>
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Biographies<br>
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