Exibart.es recommends five summer reads on art and contemporary thought

Exibart.es has curated a list of five recent publications that engage with visual arts and contemporary thought from diverse perspectives. The selection includes feminist essay, art theory, fiction, collective research, and cultural criticism. 'Feminisme gòtic' by Núria Gómez Gabriel and Ingrid Guardiola reinterprets Gothic literature through a feminist lens, shifting focus from victim to monster as a site of resistance. 'Polisèmies per a uns altres temps' by Sabers Migrants challenges linear Western time through colonial memory, affective genealogies, and erased histories. 'La boca llena de trigo' by Mayte Gómez Molina is a debut novel about an artist facing a career-defining crisis, exploring precarity, friendship, and meritocracy. 'Ismos del siglo XXI' by Anna Maria Guasch and Julia Ramínez-Blanco offers 27 texts mapping contemporary art debates from archivismo to ecologismo. 'Químicas piedades' by Marta Echaves traces ketamine from pharmaceutical development to psychiatric treatment, club culture, and the bio-capitalist management of distress.