Art, Elitism, Authenticity and Liberty

Navigating Paradox

Paul Clements (Goldsmiths College, UK)

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Routledge
20 August 2024

Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles; Museums & museology; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

This book excavates the depths of creative purpose and meaning-making and the extent to which artist autonomy and authenticity in art is a struggle against psychological conditioning, controlling cultural institutions and markets, key to which is representation.

The chapters are underpinned by examples from the arts, and the narrative weaves a trail through a range of conceptualizations that are applied to various aspects of visual culture from mainstream canonical arts to avant-garde, community and public art; social and political art to commercial art; and ethereal art to the popular, edgy and kitsch. The book is wide-ranging and employs various aesthetic, cultural, philosophical, political, psycho-social and sociological debates to highlight the problems and contradictions that an encounter with the arts and creativity engenders.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, arts management, cultural policy, cultural studies and cultural theory.

By: Paul Clements (Goldsmiths College UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
ISBN: 9781032324906
ISBN 10: 1032324902
Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 20 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Paul Clements is Lecturer at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author of The Outsider, Art and Humour (Routledge, 2020) and The Creative Underground: Art, Politics and Everyday Life (Routledge, 2017).