I Live Under a Black Sun by Dame Edith Sitwell
Critique has long been a central concept within art practice and theory. Since the emergence of Conceptual Art, artists have been expected by critics, curators, and art school faculty to focus their work on exposing and debunking ideologies of power and domination. Recently, however, the effectiveness of cultural critique has come into question. The appearance of concepts such as the speculative, +? the reparative, +? and the constructive+? suggests an emerging postcritical paradigm.Beyond Critique takes stock of the current discourse around this issue. With some calling for a renewed criticality and others rejecting the model entirely, the book's contributors explore a variety of new and recently reclaimed criteria for contemporary art and its pedagogy. Some propose turning toward affect and affirmation; others seek to reclaim such allegedly discredited concepts as intimacy, tenderness, and spirituality. With contributions from artists, critics, curators and historians, this book provides new ways of thinking about the historical role of critique while also exploring a wide range of alternative methods and aspirations. Beyond Critique will be a crucial tool for students and instructors who are seeking to think and work beyond the critical.
Dame Edith Sitwell was a British poet and critic who was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells (three siblings who formed a distinct literary and artistic clique in London from roughly 1916 to 1930). She never married, but she grew enamored with gay Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's artistic community. Street Songs (1942), The Song of the Cold (1945), and The Shadow of Cain (1947) were all well-received poetry she composed during the war. Slowly Comes the Rain, a poem about the London Blitz, is one of her most well-known works. Sitwell also wrote four works of prose, all of which she claimed were written solely for the purpose of making money.
Two novels about Queen Elizabeth I, as well as Victoria of England and English Eccentrics, are among the titles. Sitwell lived in a flat in Hampstead, London, from 1961 until her death, which is now designated by an English Heritage blue plaque.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780720612257 |
| ISBN 10 | 072061225X |
| Title | I Live Under a Black Sun |
| Author | Dame Edith Sitwell |
| Series | Peter Owen Modern Classic Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peter Owen Publishers |
| Year published | 2007-01-13 |
| Number of pages | 254 |
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