{"product_id":"far-from-respectable-dave-hickey-and-his-art-hardcover","title":"Far from Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Oppenheimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, 2021 Writers' League of Texas Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Regarded as both a legend and a villain, the critic Dave Hickey has inspired generations of artists, art critics, musicians, and writers. His 1993 book \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Dragon\u003c\/i\u003e became a cult hit for its potent and provocative critique of the art establishment and its call to reconsider the role of beauty in art. His next book, 1997's \u003ci\u003eAir Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, introduced a new kind of cultural criticism--simultaneously insightful, complicated, vulnerable, and down-to-earth--that propelled Hickey to fame as an iconoclastic thinker, loved and loathed in equal measure, whose influence extended beyond the art world. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar from Respectable\u003c\/i\u003e is a focused, evocative exploration of Hickey's work, his impact on the field of art criticism, and the man himself, from his Huck Finn childhood to his drug-fueled periods as both a New York gallerist and Nashville songwriter to, finally, his anointment as a tenured professor and MacArthur Fellow. Drawing on in-person interviews with Hickey, his friends and family, and art world comrades and critics, Daniel Oppenheimer examines the controversial writer's distinctive takes on a broad range of subjects, including Norman Rockwell, Robert Mapplethorpe, academia, Las Vegas, basketball, country music, and considers how Hickey and his vision of an \"ethical, cosmopolitan paganism\" built around a generous definition of art is more urgently needed than ever before. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Oppenheimer is is the author of \u003ci\u003eExit Right: The People Who Left the Left\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReshaped the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, Slate, \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768338907424,"sku":"9781477320150","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/355f4e8862e892893578f1e6b59aca37.webp?v=1780327350","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/far-from-respectable-dave-hickey-and-his-art-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}