Infrastructural Critique: Contemporary Art Between Reproduction and Abolition

A theory of art and infrastructure by one of her generation's most brilliant critical theorists

As we search for a life beyond capital, the dream that galleries and museums can function as a refuge from existing social relations appears less credible by the day. In response, Infrastructural Critique proposes a new materialist counterpraxis. By treating contemporary art institutions as a site of struggle as well as a resource, Marina Vishmidt reanimates critique.

A tour de force of Marxist the...