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The Estrangement Principle

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The Estrangement Principle explores the complexities surrounding the label "queer art" by examining the works and lives of artists such as Renee Gladman, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Jack Waters, and Peter Cramer. Through a blend of cultural criticism, close readings, and personal anecdotes, Ariel Goldberg challenges traditional categorisation within art and literary histories. The book navigates tensions between polemical and ambivalent tones, ultimately questioning the practice of defining movements by rigid names.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary arts and culture, queer studies, and critical theory, especially those looking to deepen their understanding of identity and categorisation in art.

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Argues for a wider range of possible associations with art made by queer people by unraveling the difficulties of the "queer art" label. This title invokes the lives and works of artists Renee Gladman, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Jack Waters & Peter Cramer, and others to bring into focus the problematics of categorization in art and literary histories.

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The Estrangement Principle argues for a wider range of possible associations with art made by queer people by unraveling the difficulties of the "queer art" label. Goldberg invokes the lives and works of artists Renee Gladman, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Jack Waters & Peter Cramer, and others to bring into focus the problematics of categorisation in art and literary histories.

This book-length essay mixes cultural criticism, close readings, and personal anecdotes, all the while developing a deftly wrought tension between a polemical voice and one of ambivalence. The Estrangement Principle is an exercise in contradiction with the ultimate goal of resisting the practice of movement naming.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781937658519

Publisher: Nightboat Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 January 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Nightboat Books

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

About the Author

ARIEL GOLDBERG'S publications include The Photographer, Picture Cameras and The Photographer without a Camera. They have received a research fellowship at the New York Public Library's Wertheim Study and a Franklin Furnace Fund grant for a series of performances and slideshows. They have been an artist in resident at Headland's Center for the Arts, The Invisible Dog, Residencias Artsticas Intercambios and SOMA in Mexico City.

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