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In a sweeping survey of art from the dawn of the bourgeois era to the present day, John Molyneux explains what makes artistic production under capitalism unique, moving, and possibly revolutionary.
List of contents
Introduction
What is art?
How we judge art
Michelangelo and Human Emancipation
Rembrandt and Revolution
Picasso: Les Desmoiselles D’Avignon
Sensation Exhibition
Tracey Emin
Short Reviews: Jackson Pollock; Andy Warhol; Francis Bacon; Rubens
The Liberty Of Appearing: Yasser Alwan
How Art Develops
Dialectics of Modernism
Conclusion
About the author
John Molyneux is a socialist, activist and writer. Formerly a lecturer at Portsmouth University, he now lives in Dublin. His many books include Rembrandt and Revolution (Redwords 2001), Lenin for Today (Bookmarks 2017), Will the Revolution be Televised (Bookmarks 2012), and Marxism and the Party (Haymarket 2017).
Summary
In a sweeping survey of art from the dawn of the bourgeois era to the present day, John Molyneux explains what makes artistic production under capitalism unique, moving, and possibly revolutionary.
Foreword
Targeted promotion and marketing to museums and galleries, as well as art and culture outlets. John Molyneux is a well known theorist and critic on the left; reviews in International Socialism Journal, Counterfire and other left journals.
