Art and politics Situationist International
the si rejected art separated politics, concept of 20th-century art separated topical political events. si believed notion of artistic expression being separated politics , current events 1 proliferated reactionary considerations render artwork expresses comprehensive critiques of society impotent. recognized there precise mechanism followed reactionaries defuse role of subversive artists , intellectuals, is, reframe them separated topical events, , divert them taste new may dangerously appeal masses; after such separation, such artworks sterilized, banalized, degraded, , can safely integrated official culture , public discourse, can add new flavors old dominant ideas , play role of gear wheel in mechanism of society of spectacle.
according theory, artists , intellectuals accept such compromises rewarded art dealers , praised dominant culture. si received many offers sponsor “creations” have situationist label diluted political content, have brought things order , si old fold of artistic praxis. majority of si continued refuse such offers , involvement on conventional avant-garde artistic plane. principle affirmed since founding of si in 1957, qualitative step of resolving contradictions of having situationists make concessions cultural market, made exclusion of gruppe spur in 1962.
the si noted how reactionary forces forbid subversive ideas artists , intellectuals reach public discourse, , how attack artworks express comprehensive critique of society, saying art should not involve politics.
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