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Some Marxist critics suggest that Joselit is not describing a liberation of art, but rather the total colonization of art by neoliberal market forces. If value equals circulation, then art is just another stock ticker. There is no room for resistance, slowness, or opacity. Joselit acknowledges this tension but offers few concrete strategies for slowing down the vector.
Three years into the generative AI revolution, After Art feels prophetic. When Stable Diffusion or Midjourney produces a “new Rembrandt” or “painting in the style of David Joselit,” it is doing exactly what Joselit described: treating art as a database of formats and network behaviors. The AI has no concept of the “original canvas”—only of the image’s circulation path. after art david joselit pdf
Joselit anchors his theoretical framework by examining the work of several contemporary artists and architects who embody the "after art" ethos: Some Marxist critics suggest that Joselit is not
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Princeton University Press sells an ebook edition of After Art (ISBN 9781400845149). However, be aware that the PDF version purchased directly from the press requires the Princeton University Press app for access; it is not a downloadable file that can be transferred freely. Joselit acknowledges this tension but offers few concrete
