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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-artists-remake-
 the-world-by-vid-simonti-book-launch/
SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: Artists Remake the World by Vid
  Simonti: Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:ARTISTS REMAKE THE WORLD BY VID SIMONITI: BOOK LAUNCH\n\n\n\n\n
 31 JANUARY / 6 PM – 8 PM / FREE\, REGISTER\n\nSpaces are limited. If yo
 u’re unable to attend\, please return your ticket at Eventbrite\n\nVid S
 imoniti is joined in conversation by Sophie Oliver\, to discuss his newly 
 published book\, Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto.\
 n\nIn the book\, Simoniti puts forward a new account of art’s political 
 potential. Introducing the reader to a host of visionary artists who are c
 urrently active across the globe — including Ai Weiwei\, Olafur Eliasson
 \, Maurice Mbikayi\, Wangechi Mutu\, and Hito Steyerl — Simoniti demonst
 rates the potential and limits of their transformative work\, while tackli
 ng contemporary issues like the climate crisis\, social justice and global
  inequality.\n\nAs the artworld increasingly comes to expect political the
 mes in art\, the book asks the foundational questions about aesthetics and
  politics: What difference can art make? Does political engagement exclude
  a concern for beauty? What is the difference between artists and activist
 s?\n\nThe conversation will be followed by a drinks reception\, and an opp
 ortunity to buy the book at a discounted rate.\n\nVid Simoniti is Senior 
 Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool\, where he also runs
  MA Art\, Philosophy and Cultural Institutions.\n\nSophie Oliver is a wri
 ter\, curator and Senior Lecturer in English at the same university. She s
 pecialises in modernist women writers and artists\, fashion\, and feminist
  approaches to cultural history.\n\nPraise for the book:\n\n“Vid Simonit
 i elegantly\, skilfully unpicks the interfaces where art meets politics. A
  process that stirs up substantive new material for contemplation.”— C
 ornelia Parker\, artist\n\n“An original thinker and masterful prose styl
 ist with a huge\, generous mind\, Simoniti has written a subtle\, courageo
 us meditation on contemporary political art. This book offers us a profoun
 d critical reconsideration of the aesthetic resources we bring to the urge
 nt human issues it addresses.”— Adrian Piper\, artist and philosopher\
 n\n“This book is a masterpiece: moving effortlessly between history\, cr
 iticism and philosophy\, it’s a gripping account of art’s ongoing abil
 ity to shake up the world.”— James Fox\, author of The World Accordin
 g to Colour\n\nCover image: Maurice Mbikayi\, Unitled.\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Open Eye Gallery\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\
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