{"product_id":"the-exform-paperback","title":"The Exform - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicolas Bourriaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErik Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor of the influential \u003ci\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e examines the dynamics of ideology \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeading theorist and art curator Nicolas Bourriaud tackles the excluded, the disposable and the nature of waste by looking to the future of art--the exform. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He argues that the great theoretical battles to come will be fought in the realms of ideology, psychoanalysis and art. A \"realist\" theory and practice must begin by uncovering the mechanisms that create the distinctions between the productive and unproductive, product and waste, and the included and excluded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To do this we must go back to the towering theorist of ideology Louis Althusser and examine how ideology conditions political discourse in ways that normalize cultural, racial and economic practices of exclusion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicolas Bourriaud\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator and art critic, as well as the former Director of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was the Gulbenkian Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Britain from 2007 to 2010, where he curated the fourth Tate Triennial. He is the author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003ePostproduction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAltermodern\u003c\/i\u003e, and the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eRelational Aesthetics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760183574816,"sku":"9781784783808","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7b0d307e8da330ff76be97b5b12bbbe4.webp?v=1780173857","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-exform-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}