Boris Groys: The Art Judgement Show - Softcover

"The Art Judgment Show" is a television talk show that asks the question: How does one judge art? Modeling himself on chat-show hosts like Oprah and Rickie Lake, art historian Boris Groys discusses with a group of students whether art still has any relevance today, whether it is significantly different from commercial pursuits such as advertising, design and popular music, and what criteria should be used to evaluate it. Although the issues raised, relating to language, taste, art discourse, and philosophy, are often relegated to a purely academic field, TV lends itself well to such culturally relevant questions. Just as Socrates did in the market square, Groys brings fascinating philosophical conversation in an accessible form to the general public. I conceived this show as an opportunity to reverse my usual social role, which, as a professor of philosophy in an art school, obliges me to answer questions rather than ask them. I have always found teaching philosophy somewhat uncomfortable. Over the last few decades, the teaching process has become increasingly pointless ... --Boris Groys
Essays by Zdenka Badovinac, Boris Groys, Barbara Vanderlinden.

9.5 x 7.75 in.
124 color, 8 b/w illustrations