The National Frame: Art and State Violence in Turkey and Germany by Banu Karaca

Description: The National Frame by Banu Karaca The National Frame rethinks the politics of art by focusing on the role of art in state governance. It argues that artistic practices, arts patronage and sponsorship, collecting and curating art, and the modalities of censorship, continue to be refracted through the conceptual lens of the nation-state, despite the globalization of the arts. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Based on long-term ethnographic research in the art worlds of Istanbul and Berlin, The National Frame rethinks the politics of art by focusing on the role of art in state governance. It argues that artistic practices, arts patronage and sponsorship, collecting and curating art, and the modalities of censorship continue to be refracted through the conceptual lens of the nation-state, despite the globalization of the arts. By examining discussions of the civilizing function of art in Turkey and Germany and particularly moments in which art is seen to cede this function, The National Frame reveals the histories of violence on which the production, circulation, and, very understanding of art are predicated. Karaca examines this darker side of art in two cities in which art and its institutions have been intertwined with symbolic and material dispossession. The particularities of German and Turkish contexts, both marked by attempts to claim modern nationhood through the arts; illuminate how art is staked to memory and erasure, resistance and restoration; and why art has been at once vital and unwieldy for national projects. As art continues to be called upon to engage the past and imagine different futures, The National Frame explores how to reclaim arts emancipatory potential. Back Cover "If you believe that art is inherently progressive, emancipatory and universal, you must read this important case study of the nationalist and decivilizing capacities of art, and its official uses and misuses, in Germany and Turkey. Exploring how national frames delimit the production, circulation, collection, and display of visual art works, Banu Karaca unsettles pervasive assumptions through immanent critique, while also offering a new understanding of the political role of art in our contemporary world."-- Marianne Hirsch , co-author of School Photos in Liquid Time: Reframing Difference "With impeccable and eye-opening scholarship, Banu Karaca forces the history of art to confront the history of genocide. The National Frame presents a masterful interrogation of the geopolitics of modernity."-- Kabir Tambar , Stanford University Based on long-term ethnographic research in the art worlds of Istanbul and Berlin, The National Frame rethinks the politics of art by focusing on the role of art in state governance. It argues that artistic practices, arts patronage and sponsorship, collecting and curating art, and the modalities of censorship, continue to be refracted through the conceptual lens of the nation-state, despite the globalization of the arts. By examining discussions of the civilizing function of art in Turkey and Germany, The National Frame reveals the histories of violence on which the production, circulation, and, very understanding of art are predicated. Karaca examines this darker side of art in two cities in which art and its institutions have been intertwined with symbolic and material dispossession. The particularities of German and Turkish contexts illuminate how art is staked to memory and erasure, resistance and restoration, and why art has been at once vital and unwieldy for national projects. As art continues to be called upon to engage the past and imagine different futures, The National Frame explores how to reclaim arts emancipatory potential. Banu Karaca is a EUME Fellow of the VolkswagenStiftung at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin. Author Biography Banu Karaca is a fellow at the Foundation for Arts Initiatives in New York and an Assistant Professor and EUME Fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation at the Forum Transregionale Studien in Berlin. Table of Contents Introduction: Intimate Encounters | 11 Modernity, Nationalism, and Civilizing the Arts | 292 Art Worlds: Of Friends, Foes, and Working for the Greater Good | 563 Governing Culture, Producing Modern Citizens | 904 The Art of Forgetting | 1205 The Politics of Art and Censorship | 1536 Enterprising Art, Aestheticizing Business | 182Instead of a Conclusion: Meeting, Again | 209Acknowledgments | 221Notes | 225References | 255Index | 279 Review If you believe that art is inherently progressive, emancipatory, and universal, you must read this important case study of the nationalist and de-civilizing capacities of art, and its official uses and misuses, in Germany and Turkey. Exploring how national frames delimit the production, circulation, collection, and display of visual art works, Banu Karaca unsettles pervasive assumptions through immanent critique, while also offering a new understanding of the political role of art in our contemporary world.---Marianne Hirsch, co-author of School Photos in Liquid Time: Reframing DifferenceIn The National Frame, Banu Karaca demonstrates how histories of violence that are often conventionally understood to have been overcome (the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide) remain deeply formative of the political present, shaping the economic and cultural policies of the German and Turkish states. With impeccable and eye-opening scholarship, Karaca forces the history of art to confront the history of genocide. The National Frame presents a masterful interrogation of the geopolitics of modernity.---Kabir Tambar, Stanford University Review Quote In The National Frame , Banu Karaca demonstrates how histories of violence that are often conventionally understood to have been overcome (the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide) remain deeply formative of the political present, shaping the economic and cultural policies of the German and Turkish states. With impeccable and eye-opening scholarship, Karaca forces the history of art to confront the history of genocide. The National Frame presents a masterful interrogation of the geopolitics of modernity. ---Kabir Tambar, Stanford University Feature The book reveals how art worlds are crucial sites for unmasking state violence and dispossession. Description for Sales People The book reveals how art worlds are crucial sites for unmasking state violence and dispossession. Details ISBN0823290204 Author Banu Karaca Pages 288 Publisher Fordham University Press Year 2021 ISBN-10 0823290204 ISBN-13 9780823290208 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-02-02 Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle Art and State Violence in Turkey and Germany Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Short Title The National Frame Language English UK Release Date 2021-02-02 AU Release Date 2021-02-02 NZ Release Date 2021-02-02 US Release Date 2021-02-02 Illustrations 22 b/w illustrations Edited by Henry Alexander Wermer-Colan Birth 1927 Death 1997 Affiliation The Russian Academy Of Sci, Russia Position External Designer Qualifications MSW, PhD DEWEY 306.2 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131534438;

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