Poor Artists by The White Pube
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING 'Irreverent, provocative and funny' Dazed 'This book might change the way you look at art, or change the way you feel it' Daisy Hildyard 'A full-throated defence of the inherent value of making, experiencing and talking about art' Frieze 'Let me stay there, let me paint. Let me go to bed when the sun comes up. I don't want life to sharpen me.' Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut-throat competition, why do so many artists try anyway? In this eye-opening journey through the bizarre world of contemporary art, criticism duo The White Pube tell the story of art like never before. Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions, art school lessons and her professional debut. In surreal encounters with other artists, Quest learns profound truths about money and power, and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself. Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions – including a Turner Prize winner or two, a few ghosts, a Venice Biennale fraudster and a communist messiah – Poor Artists is a powerful testimony to the emotional, existential and financial experience of artists today.
The art world memoirs for our Internet generation that none of us knew we needed but now we can’t live withoutAn indispensable read giving insights on an ‘art world’ at the edge of collapse. Living for it -- Legacy Russell, author of GLITCH FEMINISM
Praise for -- The White Pube
Their genre of “embodied criticism” aims to redefine what we consider worthy of our aesthetic attention … making judgements about art with their guts rather than their heads, with feelings rather than facts -- Kitty Grady * Vogue *
Female duo the White Pube have the energy and opinions to liven up an art world full of stale, male voices … their frank political stance is clearly resonating with a younger audience in a way traditional art publications aren’t able to -- Kate Goh * Guardian *
Their criticism verges on storytelling, and not only makes art approachable but offers a refreshingly current model for interacting with it -- Akash Chohan * SSENSE *
Reviews, essays, and podcasts on contemporary art that break down power structures within the industry, injecting the stuffy, exclusionary language of criticism with some much-needed personality (and lols) -- Lexi Manatakis * Dazed 100 *
The White Pube presents one of the first truly new voices in British art criticism in the twenty–first century … informal yet stylistically innovative, art historically rigorous without the staid academicism or florid pomposity of much established writing, the pair’s mix of reviews, essays, podcasts, and social media posts are bound together with a singular critical voice grappling with contemporary issues of race, gender, sexuality, aesthetics and ethics -- Morgan Quaintance * e-flux *
Praise for -- The White Pube
Their genre of “embodied criticism” aims to redefine what we consider worthy of our aesthetic attention … making judgements about art with their guts rather than their heads, with feelings rather than facts -- Kitty Grady * Vogue *
Female duo the White Pube have the energy and opinions to liven up an art world full of stale, male voices … their frank political stance is clearly resonating with a younger audience in a way traditional art publications aren’t able to -- Kate Goh * Guardian *
Their criticism verges on storytelling, and not only makes art approachable but offers a refreshingly current model for interacting with it -- Akash Chohan * SSENSE *
Reviews, essays, and podcasts on contemporary art that break down power structures within the industry, injecting the stuffy, exclusionary language of criticism with some much-needed personality (and lols) -- Lexi Manatakis * Dazed 100 *
The White Pube presents one of the first truly new voices in British art criticism in the twenty–first century … informal yet stylistically innovative, art historically rigorous without the staid academicism or florid pomposity of much established writing, the pair’s mix of reviews, essays, podcasts, and social media posts are bound together with a singular critical voice grappling with contemporary issues of race, gender, sexuality, aesthetics and ethics -- Morgan Quaintance * e-flux *
The White Pube (Author)
The White Pube is the collaborative identity of UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They have been turning heads since 2015 when the pair began publishing provocative art reviews and essays online from their art school studios and have earned themselves an international cult following due to their innovative writing style, their honesty and irreverence, and their willingness to challenge the pale, male, stale art establishment. Poor Artists is their first book.
The White Pube is the collaborative identity of UK-based critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad. They have been turning heads since 2015 when the pair began publishing provocative art reviews and essays online from their art school studios and have earned themselves an international cult following due to their innovative writing style, their honesty and irreverence, and their willingness to challenge the pale, male, stale art establishment. Poor Artists is their first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241633762 |
| Titel | Poor Artists |
| Autor | The White Pube |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2024-10-03 |
| Seitenanzahl | 320 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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