Chicago : Chicago New Art Association, New Art Examiner Press, 1995
Physical Details
79 pages ; 21 cm
ISBNs
0964785501, 9780964785502
OCLC
ocm33851023
Selected essays from the conference 'The artist in society: rights, roles and responsibilities', October 13-15, 1994, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Museum Education.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Carol Becker -- Borderline artists, cultural workers, and the crisis of democracy / Henry A. Giroux -- Democracy and the idea of the artist / Page duBois -- The enchantment of art / Homi K. Bhabha -- Proposition one / Kathy Acker -- Gangsta rap: representation, transgression, and the race artist / Michael Eric Dyson -- Survival of the artist in the new political climate / Carol Becker -- Where do we go from here? : securing a place for the artist in society / Michael Brenson -- Afterword: to-ing and fro-ing toward the millenium / Ronne Hartfield