Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Capitalism, Art and the Role of the Revolutionary Artist

image by Juan Pedro Flores Gonzáles
Article by Rob MacDonald
Art is not about the musings of a middle class dreamer or the exaggerated pontificating of an upper class gallery owner. Art is not something unattainable or always unaffordable for the working classes as capitalism would like us to think. Art is the concentrated expression of humanity, in all its sickness and all its health.
Art is not a secondary issue to revolutionary socialists who set themselves the task of changing society. Understanding and then harnessing art and the artist for the struggle against capitalism is key to inspiring a new generation.