Dark Matter: Activist Art and the Counter-Public Sphere

Dark Matter: Activist Art and the Counter-Public Sphere
by Gregory Sholette

Contemplate the destabilizing impact on high art if hobbyists and amateurs were to stop purchasing art supplies. Consider also the structural ”darkness” within which most professionally trained artists actually exist. Yet, given the proportionally few individuals who achieve visibility within the formalized institutions of the art world … (READ FULL ESSAY HERE)

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