Art Work : Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism

Katja Praznik

ISBN 10: 1487508417 / ISBN 13: 9781487508418

Edité par University Of Toronto Press Jun 2021, 2021

A propos de cet article

Neuware - 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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Art Work : Invisible Labour and the Legacy of Yugoslav Socialism
• Éditeur: University Of Toronto Press Jun 2021
• Date de parution: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1487508417
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781487508418
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 236 L x 160 H x 19 P (en millimètres) 236 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 19 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 480 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

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