The
relationship between abstraction and economics is discussed in a series of theoretical and artistic contributions. The main
focus is on the role of art in mediating between the concrete and the abstract, on formalist approaches to art theory, and
on the social and economic cues that help us trace the aesthetic regime of capitalism. Ultimately, this book asks, “how can
artistic-aesthetic practices counteract the regime of accumulation and abstraction?”
• The
visual arts in a socioeconomic context
• Reflecting on the relationship between abstraction and economics
from capitalist-critical, decolonial, ecological, and queer-feminist perspectives
• Contributions by
Brenna Bhandar, Christina von Braun, Sabeth Buchmann, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Sven Lütticken, R. H. Quaytman, Marina Vishmidt,
and others
Editor informationEva Maria Stadler, head of the Institute
of Arts and Society, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Jenni Tischer, artist, teaches at the Institute
of Arts and Society, University of Applied Arts Vienna
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