The Populism Catalogue

Download or read book The Populism Catalogue written by Šiuolaikinio meno centras and published by Sternberg Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its exploration of the connection between political rhetoric and artistic expression, the project does not aim to illustrate its theme through 'populist art'. Instead, the artists in the exhibitions deal with populist sentiments and ideologies of our time through sub-themes such as the mass media projection of politics; market populism and culturial industries; group and corporate identities; representations and spaces of 'the people'; law, order and security; religious and moral controversy; nationalism and xenophobia. But all the artists share a common populist premise in their unwillingness to accept the old opposition between mass and elite culture, and their desire to investigate the forms of politics - the dreams of democracy and its remodelling - that are being produced in contemporary society"