ARTMargins Journal Returns Essay Component with John Roberts' Socially Engaged Art Analysis
ARTMargins has reintroduced its essay component in its latest issue, featuring John Roberts' examination of socially engaged art. Roberts questions the limits of art as social and aesthetic praxis beyond its own domain. He frames socially engaged art through radical aisthesis, drawing on the aesthetics of the negative found in historical avant-garde movements. The article appears in ARTMargins Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 3-5, published on February 5, 2025. Content is available through MIT Press with subscription-only access. The digital object identifier is 10.1162/artm_e_00399.
Key facts
- ARTMargins journal has returned its essay component
- John Roberts explores socially engaged art
- Roberts questions what art as social and aesthetic praxis can achieve beyond art itself
- Roberts approaches socially engaged art as radical aisthesis
- The analysis draws on aesthetics of the negative from historical avant-garde
- Published in ARTMargins Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 3-5
- Publication date: February 5, 2025
- Content available through MIT Press with subscription-only access
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- John Roberts
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- ARTMargins
- MIT Press
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MIT Press Direct
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