Art Work

Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism

Katja Praznik

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English

University of Toronto Press
17 June 2021

Industrial relations & safety; Industrial relations; Strikes; Trade unions; Industrial arbitration & negotiation

In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art

as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without any concern for its financial aspects

and instead builds a case for understanding art as a form of invisible labour. Focusing on the experiences of art workers and the history of labour regulation in the arts in socialist Yugoslavia, Praznik helps elucidate the contradiction at the heart of artistic production and the origins of the mystification of art as labour.

This profoundly interdisciplinary book highlights the Yugoslav socialist model of culture as the blueprint for uncovering the interconnected aesthetic and economic mechanisms at work in the exploitation of artistic labour. It also shows the historical trajectory of how policies toward art and artistic labour changed by the end of the 1980s. Calling for a fundamental rethinking of the assumptions behind Western art and exploitative labour practices across the world, Art Work will be of interest to scholars in East European studies, art theory, and cultural policy, as well as to practicing artists.

By: Katja Praznik
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487508418
ISBN 10: 1487508417
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 17 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katja Praznik is an associate professor in the Department of Media Study/Arts Management Program at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Reviews for Art Work: Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism

In this timely book, the sociologist of culture Katja Praznik analyses the paradoxical nature of art as socially useful labor and parses the regimes of compensation that artists receive under different political systems. -- Vladimir Kulic * <em>Critique d'art</em> *