Pretentiousness: Why It Matters

Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It's an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about pretending say about us?Co-editor of frieze, Europe's foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture, Dan Fox has authored over two hundred essays, interviews, and reviews and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications produced by major international art galleries and institutions.Author: Dan FoxPublisher: Coffee House PressPublished: 04/05/2016Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.60dISBN13: 9781566894289ISBN10: 156689428XBISAC Categories:- Art | Criticism & Theory- Literary Collections | Essays- Art | Popular CultureAbout the AuthorDan Fox is a British writer, musician, editor, and filmmaker currently living in New York. Co-editor of "frieze," Europe s foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture, he has authored over 200 essays, interviews, and reviews, contributed to numerous catalogues and publications produced by major international art galleries and institutions. He is a visiting lecturer at the Ruskin school of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, and has given talks and lectures in the UK and USA at institutions including the Royal College of Art, ICA, Tate Britain, Somerset House, Cornell University, and the School of Visual Arts, NewYork."