{"product_id":"art-is-a-problem-selected-criticism-essays-interviews-and-curatorial-projects-1986-2012-paperback","title":"Art Is a Problem: Selected Criticism, Essays, Interviews and Curatorial Projects (1986-2012) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Decter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume of selected essays, interviews, curatorial texts and reviews, spanning 1986-2012, Joshua Decter examines contemporary art in relation to its various ideological, public, discursive, and social contexts. The book encompasses seven chapters: \"Institutional Critique(R) and its Discontents\"; \"Aporia (art as politics, the politics of art)\"; \"Everything is Social\"; \"Convoluted Cities\"; \"The (Un)De-definition of Art\"; \"What Do We Want from Exhibitions?\"; and \"On the Curatorial Road.\" The author unpacks art's paradoxical condition: art problematizes, and is intrinsically a problem. From this standpoint, he analyzes art's definitions, functions, ethical entanglements, societal aspirations and cultural contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 446\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763650593056,"sku":"9783037641958","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/48fd0ac05e01fb7a913ef231e0aae0de.webp?v=1780238065","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/art-is-a-problem-selected-criticism-essays-interviews-and-curatorial-projects-1986-2012-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}