Gavin Butt Books
After Criticism
By Gavin Butt
"This book explores contemporary approaches that have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a theatrical turn in recent visual arts practice and the emergence of a performative arts w...
Read MoreVisual cultures as seriousness
"The contemporary art world has become more inhospitable to 'serious' intellectual activity in recent years. Critical discourse has been increasingly instrumentalized in the service of neoliberal a...
Read MorePost-Punk Then and Now
By Gavin Butt
What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 197...
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