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An argument for the centrality of the visual culture of waste—as seen in works by international contemporary artists—to the study of our ecological condition.

Ecological crisis has driven contemporary artists to engage with waste in its most non-biodegradable forms: plastics, e-waste, toxic waste, garbage hermetically sealed in landfills. In this provocative and original book, Amanda Boetzkes links the increasing visualization of waste in contemporary art to the rise of the global oil economy and the emergence of ecological thinking. Often, when art is analyzed in relation to the political, scientific, or ecological climate, it is considered merely illustrative. Boetzkes argues that art is constitutive of an ecological consciousness, not simply an extension of it. The visual culture of waste is central to the study of the ecological condition.

Boetzkes examines a series of works by an international roster of celebrated artists, including Thomas Hirschhorn, F

Plastic Capitalism Contemporary Art and the Drive

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      Publisher MIT Press
      Published 3/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780262039338
      978-0262039338
      ISBN-10 0262039338
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      Art & Photography History of art Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Environmental policy and protocols

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An argument for the centrality of the visual culture of waste—as seen in works by international contemporary artists—to the study of our ecological condition.

      Ecological crisis has driven contemporary artists to engage with waste in its most non-biodegradable forms: plastics, e-waste, toxic waste, garbage hermetically sealed in landfills. In this provocative and original book, Amanda Boetzkes links the increasing visualization of waste in contemporary art to the rise of the global oil economy and the emergence of ecological thinking. Often, when art is analyzed in relation to the political, scientific, or ecological climate, it is considered merely illustrative. Boetzkes argues that art is constitutive of an ecological consciousness, not simply an extension of it. The visual culture of waste is central to the study of the ecological condition.

      Boetzkes examines a series of works by an international roster of celebrated artists, including Thomas Hirschhorn, F

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