patrick1917's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Particularly loved the chapter on Tracy Emin, whose work I was previously unfamiliar with. I think Molyneux explores her art with care and creates a compelling argument for the value of her work.
For a book that is theoretical and dense in information, I couldn't put it down. Molyneux weaves history, politics, economics, philosophy, and sociology to understand Art while maintaining clarity and championing the right for art to be judged by its own merits.
However, the book does rely on the reader having a pretty decent knowledge of art history. Many works of art are referenced in passing without description and so the arguments were alot more abstract when reading without a laptop at hand to research art/artists referenced.
For a book that is theoretical and dense in information, I couldn't put it down. Molyneux weaves history, politics, economics, philosophy, and sociology to understand Art while maintaining clarity and championing the right for art to be judged by its own merits.
However, the book does rely on the reader having a pretty decent knowledge of art history. Many works of art are referenced in passing without description and so the arguments were alot more abstract when reading without a laptop at hand to research art/artists referenced.
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