This dialogue on contemporary art and culture ranges widely, from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity. However, throughout the book, it is argued that the world of free exchange, the world of artists, writers and scholars must be maintained.
In this book, leading social thinker Pierre Bourdieu and the artist Hans Haacke discuss contemporary art and the relations between art, politics and society. Their dialogue ranges widely from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity, and focusses on the central themes in the work of both authors.
