TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox,Dan
TI  - Pretentiousness: why it matters 
SN  - 9781566894289 (paperback)
AV  - NX212 .F69 2016
U1  - 700 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - Coffee House Press
KW  - Performance
KW  - Authenticity (Philosophy)
KW  - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - ART / Criticism & Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
KW  - ART / Popular Culture
KW  - PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics
N2  - "Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It's an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about "pretending" say about us? Co-editor of Frieze, Europe's foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture, Dan Fox has authored over two hundred essays, interviews, and reviews, contributed to numerous catalogues and publications produced by major international art galleries and institutions"--
ER  -