art-quotes:Coco Fusco“…how the art world deals with this notion of activism and art is always cast i
art-quotes:Coco Fusco“…how the art world deals with this notion of activism and art is always cast in a very negative light.”•“Always, it’s always framed as propagandistic and insufficiently sophisticated to constitute a valid aesthetic experience. If you’re going to do activism then you’re going to make something simple that is not going to have a long life.”•“There isn’t a positive interpretive discourse in art for activist engagement. Because even to call something activist engagement is to give it a kind of functionalist cast. And for art to be art in aesthetic theory it has to be disassociated from use-value, it’s only exchange value, it’s only symbolic value.” -”The Art of Decolonization” Youtube FFT DüsseldorfJune 10, 2017••“I’m skeptical about the idea that artists should whip up new works for a liberal elite that appears to be open to “heart-wrenching” tales of injustice and an “uplifting” imagining of better futures.”•“We know that during economic downturns, conceptually driven and socially engaged art gets more attention from the press and the public. But much of it falls outside of what traditional institutions and galleries can manage because it does not take the form of objects — it involves performance, pirate radio, public art, digital interventions, multiples, DIY publications, and social practice.”•“Equity won’t be achieved by a new biennial, another emerging artist of color survey, or a record auction sale by a Black artist. And while justice and equity maybe goals for a democratic political culture, they have never been the principles that drive the most powerful patrons and artists of the art world.”- Coco Fusco “We Need New Institutions, Not New Art” Hyperallergic October 26, 2020 -- source link
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