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Counter-Realism: Art and Subjectivity in Contemporary Capitalism

Counter-Realism: Art and Subjectivity in Contemporary Capitalism

Trodd, Tamara

Hardcover

Series: Rethinking Art's Histories

Art HistoryFilm & Video ArtGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1526190214
ISBN13: 9781526190215
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Dec 16 2025
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Counter-realism: Art and subjectivity in contemporary capitalism is an ambitious and original study of key works of film and video art made since 2008 by leading contemporary artists, including William Kentridge, Amalia Ulman, Melanie Gilligan, Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin and Elizabeth Price. It argues their work should be understood as a reconfigured form of 'realism', expressing economic forces and political pressures across contexts ranging from post-apartheid South Africa, through austerity-era Spain, to contemporary Britain and North America. Supported by original artist interviews and detailed visual analysis of individual works of art, as well as a wide-ranging research base, which synthesises arguments from a variety of disciplines including art history, literary, film and political studies, the book is clearly written, and makes legible the ways in which some of the most vivid and compelling works of contemporary moving-image art engage with historical and contemporary political debates.

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