The artist in society
Subtitle: rights, roles, and responsibilities
By: Kathy Acker ... [et al.] ; edited by Carol Becker and Ann Wiens.
Contributors: Acker, Kathy, 1948-; Becker, Carol.; Wiens, Ann.; Art Institute of Chicago. Dept. of Museum Education.
Publisher: Chicago New Art Association, New Art Examiner Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Artists and community -- Congresses; Arts and society -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Carol Becker; title: Borderline artists, cultural workers, and the crisis of democracy / Henry A. Giroux; title: Democracy and the idea of the artist / Page duBois; title: The enchantment of art / Homi K. Bhabha; title: Proposition one / Kathy Acker; title: Gangsta rap: representation, transgression, and the race artist / Michael Eric Dyson; title: Survival of the artist in the new political climate / Carol Becker; title: Where do we go from here? : securing a place for the artist in society / Michael Brenson; title: Afterword: to-ing and fro-ing toward the millenium / Ronne Hartfield.