In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art
Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production

In the Mind, But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers how the Marxian concept of Real Abstraction—originally developed by Alfred Sohn Rethel, and recently updated by Alberto Toscano—might help to define the economic, social, political, and cultural complexities of our contemporary moment. In doing so, this volume brings together noted contemporary artists, literary critics, curators, historians, and social theorists who connect the concept of Real Abstraction with contemporary cultural production. Theoretical and artistic contributions from Benjamin Noys, Paul Chan, Joao Enxuto and Erica Love, Marina Vishmidt, Sven Lütticken, and many others help to map out the relationship between political economy and artistic production in the realm of contemporary, globalized cultural exchange.

This anthology places economic and social analyses alongside creative projects and visual essays to consider the many angles of contemporary art, and how inquiry into the the production of abstraction through material and social processes can be used to better understand, and hopefully change, the conditions under which art is made, seen, and circulated today.

Published in collaboration with [NAME] publications.
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In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art
Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production

In the Mind, But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers how the Marxian concept of Real Abstraction—originally developed by Alfred Sohn Rethel, and recently updated by Alberto Toscano—might help to define the economic, social, political, and cultural complexities of our contemporary moment. In doing so, this volume brings together noted contemporary artists, literary critics, curators, historians, and social theorists who connect the concept of Real Abstraction with contemporary cultural production. Theoretical and artistic contributions from Benjamin Noys, Paul Chan, Joao Enxuto and Erica Love, Marina Vishmidt, Sven Lütticken, and many others help to map out the relationship between political economy and artistic production in the realm of contemporary, globalized cultural exchange.

This anthology places economic and social analyses alongside creative projects and visual essays to consider the many angles of contemporary art, and how inquiry into the the production of abstraction through material and social processes can be used to better understand, and hopefully change, the conditions under which art is made, seen, and circulated today.

Published in collaboration with [NAME] publications.
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In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art

In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art

by Gean Moreno
In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art

In the Mind But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art

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Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production

In the Mind, But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers how the Marxian concept of Real Abstraction—originally developed by Alfred Sohn Rethel, and recently updated by Alberto Toscano—might help to define the economic, social, political, and cultural complexities of our contemporary moment. In doing so, this volume brings together noted contemporary artists, literary critics, curators, historians, and social theorists who connect the concept of Real Abstraction with contemporary cultural production. Theoretical and artistic contributions from Benjamin Noys, Paul Chan, Joao Enxuto and Erica Love, Marina Vishmidt, Sven Lütticken, and many others help to map out the relationship between political economy and artistic production in the realm of contemporary, globalized cultural exchange.

This anthology places economic and social analyses alongside creative projects and visual essays to consider the many angles of contemporary art, and how inquiry into the the production of abstraction through material and social processes can be used to better understand, and hopefully change, the conditions under which art is made, seen, and circulated today.

Published in collaboration with [NAME] publications.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788730693
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 07/16/2019
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Gean Moreno is Curator of Programs at ICA Miami, where he established and runs the Art + Research Center. He has served on the Advisory Committee for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, and is the founder and current co-director of [NAME] Publications. His texts have appeared in numerous catalogues and anthologies, and he has written for various publications, including e-flux journal, Art in America, Kaleidoscope, and MONU—Magazine for Urbanism.

Table of Contents

Introduction Gean Moreno 1

1 The Open Secret of Real Abstraction Alberto Toscano 17

2 The Rules of Abstraction: Methods and Discourses of Finance Leigh Claire La Berge 43

3 Artist's Research Project: Extracts from The Market (2010-) Mark Curran 73

4 Art, Systems, Finance Victoria Ivanova 97

5 Speculation in a Sense: Aesthetics and Real Abstraction Marina Vishmidt 109

6 The Distribution of the Insensible Nathan Brown 121

7 Concrete Abstraction-Our Common World Sven Lütticken 149

8 On Rendering the D/Recomposition of Context and the D/Recomposition of Form in (Global) Contemporary Art Jaleh Mansoor 177

9 When Zero Equals Affinity João Enxuto Erica Love 191

10 Operationalizing Real Abstraction: Art and the General Abstract Image Diann Bauer Suhail Malik Natalia Zuluaga 203

11 Art and Abstraction in the Present Moment Benjamin Noys 219

12 Numbers Brian Kuan Wood 241

13 Day by Day John Miller 261

14 Visceral Abstractions Sianne Ngai 283

Acknowledgements 323

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