Each of the five volumes in the Stone Art Theory Institutes series; and the seminars on which they are based; brings together a range of scholars who are not always directly familiar with one anotherrsquo;s work. The outcome of each of these convergences is an extensive and ldquo;unpredictable conversationrdquo; on knotty and provocative issues about art. This fourth volume in the series; Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic; focuses on questions revolving around the concepts of the aesthetic; the anti-aesthetic; and the political. The book is about the fact that now; almost thirty years after Hal Foster defined the anti-aesthetic; there is still no viable alternative to the dichotomy between aesthetics and anti- or nonaesthetic art. The impasse is made more difficult by the proliferation of identity politics; and it is made less negotiable by the hegemony of anti-aesthetics in academic discourse on art. The central question of this book is whether artists and academicians are free of this choice in practice; in pedagogy; and in theory.The contributors are Steacute;phanie Benzaquen; J. M. Bernstein; Karen Busk-Jepsen; Luis Camnitzer; Diarmuid Costello; Joana Cunha Leal; Angela Dimitrakaki; Alexander Dumbadze; T. Brandon Evans; Geng Youzhuang; Boris Groys; Beaacute;ta Hock; Gordon Hughes; Michael Kelly; Grant Kester; Meredith Kooi; Cary Levine; Sunil Manghani; William Mazzarella; Justin McKeown; Andrew McNamara; Eve Meltzer; Nadja Millner-Larsen; Maria Filomena Molder; Carrie Noland; Gary Peters; Aaron Richmond; Lauren Ross; Toni Ross; Eva Schuuml;rmann; Gregory Sholette; Noah Simblist; Jon Simons; Robert Storr; Martin Sundberg; Timotheus Vermeulen; and Rebecca Zorach.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A full Bodied History of Folk Music.By D. DomizioThis is an excellent; full bodied view of a lot of "FOLK STUFF" that came together over many years. It may be more than some want to know; but you come away feeling that you have at least a small handle on a huge episode in American Music and Culture. Taken along with "Greenwich Village: Music that Defined a Generation" (narrated by Susan Sarandon); and "The legends of Laurel Canyon"; you cannot help but be transported.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A fond look back.By Big Mike 5As someone who lived and played thru this time and place; I still found new information and was delightfully reminded of good times. Well written and enjoyable. Thanks; Mike2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy D. DiazFantastic photos; very comprehensive