Nine Art and Politics Books Reviewed
Artribune's Marco Enrico Giacomelli reviews nine books blending art and politics. Alfredo Accatino's 'Outsider 2' expands the concept of outsider art beyond Art Brut to include marginalized geniuses. A new critical edition of Walter Benjamin's 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction' collects five versions. Giovanni Candida's 'La fabbrica della Street Art' documents the Castello di Zak, a former factory turned street art museum in Cormano, Milan. Andrea Concas's 'Banksy' is a chatbot book with stencil-decorated packaging. Hal Foster's 'Bad New Days' critiques contemporary art's disconnection. 'Global Identities' by Valentina Gensini and Anna Triandafyllidou accompanies a 2018 exhibition series in Florence. Roberto Gramiccia's 'Se tutto è arte…' attacks the art market's financialization. Heike Munder's 'Producing Futures' on post-cyber feminism is deemed disappointing. Salvatore Vitale's 'How To Secure a Country' examines Switzerland's security state through photography and data.
Key facts
- Alfredo Accatino's 'Outsider 2' published by Giunti in 2019, 240 pages, €29.
- Walter Benjamin's 'L'opera d'arte nell'epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica' published by Donzelli in 2019, LXXVI+180 pages, €20.
- Giovanni Candida's 'La fabbrica della Street Art' published by Meltemi in 2019, 124 pages, €25.
- Andrea Concas's 'Banksy' published by Mondadori Electa in 2019, 224 pages, €9.90.
- Hal Foster's 'Bad New Days' published by Postmedia in 2019, 180 pages, €19.
- Valentina Gensini and Anna Triandafyllidou's 'Global Identities' published by Mousse in 2019, 160 pages, €25.
- Roberto Gramiccia's 'Se tutto è arte…' published by Mimesis in 2019, 124 pages, €12.
- Heike Munder's 'Producing Futures' published by JRP Ringier in 2019, 148 pages, €40.
- Salvatore Vitale's 'How To Secure a Country' published by Lars Müller in 2019, 280 pages, €35.
Entities
Artists
- Alfredo Accatino
- Jean Dubuffet
- Hilma af Klint
- Walter Spies
- Arshile Gorky
- Jeanne Hébuterne
- Walter Benjamin
- Pierre Klossowski
- Giovanni Candida
- Ghali
- Andrea Concas
- Banksy
- Hal Foster
- Valentina Gensini
- Anna Triandafyllidou
- Roberto Gramiccia
- Marcel Duchamp
- Heike Munder
- Paul B. Preciado
- Salvatore Vitale
- Trevor Paglen
Institutions
- Giunti
- Donzelli
- Meltemi
- Mondadori Electa
- Postmedia Books
- Mousse Publishing
- Mimesis
- JRP Ringier
- Lars Müller Publishers
- Migros Museum
- Fondazione Prada
- Fotostiftung Schweiz
- Artribune
- Le Murate
- Castello di Zak
Locations
- Firenze
- Italy
- Milano
- Roma
- Sesto San Giovanni
- Cormano
- Zurigo
- Switzerland
- Ginevra
- Winterthur
- Seattle
- United States
- New York
- Svizzera