Stoffbilder: On Capitalist Realisms

Andrew Stefan Weiner

doi:10.1162/ARTM_r_00124

Stoffbilder: On Capitalist Realisms

Andrew Stefan Weiner

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Abstract

This essay critically examines the exhibition Leben mit Pop: Eine Reproduktion des Kapitalistischen Realismus, which was first staged in 2013 at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. This exhibition surveyed the emergence of Capitalist Realism as a regional form of Pop Art in West Germany during the 1960s. The article evaluates Leben mit Pop as a modification of established art historical scholarship and as an intervention within ongoing debates in curatorial practices and critical cultural theory. It aims to resituate Capitalist Realism relative to the consolidation of the North Atlantic art market, arguing that this allows for a more incisive account of its relevance to contemporary art.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-102
Number of pages	22
Journal	ARTMargins
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTM_r_00124
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

Capitalist Realism
Cold War
Contemporary Art
History of Exhibitions
Modernism
Pop Art
West Germany

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
History

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