What We Want Is Free: Generosity And Exchange In Recent Art

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	• What We Want Is Free: Generosity And Exchange In Recent Art (S U N Y Series in Postmodern Culture) State University of New York Press, 2005 - 184 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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save your soul with art

This book probably isn't an obvious choice for a relaxation read. My roommate was surprised to see I was reading it and wasn't enrolled in some class that required me to. I ran across this book randomly in a library and I'm really glad I did. I guarantee you these short essays will get you thinking, get you excited and get you inspired--

especially if you are:
-a self-identified "artist" that wants to think about your role and responsibility as an artist, and the context within which you create
-or anyone who cares about our society and wants to know what they can do to affect change in peoples lives -- to embody "every form of creative protest" you can think of, (as MLK says)

The book sags in some parts, but when it hits home it is spectacular.

The essays weave together to draw connections between art, society, commodity, violence, community, the small potential of meaning in a consumable object or idea, the strength found in human connection, and the awesome power of the small gesture.

It touches on the importance of societal critique (within yourself), but does so through positive examples of individual action. That makes this book inspirational; it unleashes the power of every person's creative potential.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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What We Want Is Free: Generosity And Exchange In Recent Art