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Overexposed: Perverting Perversions (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)

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This rather short book - about 100 pages - is made up of a discussion (of sorts) about art. Two very intelligent and well-read persons talk about a wide variety of issues more or less closely related to general "problems" in the field of art and culture. They don't really talk to each other, it's more like two parallel monologues than a dialogue; one will say something which will cause the other to think of some other issue, and then the first person will connect that to yet another subject, but it's all very fragmentary. It seems they don't really listen to (or understand?) each other. They do come off as pompous at times, and seem to enjoy making sweeping and totalizing statements a little too much; there are very few attempts too provide any solid arguments (that would get in the way of the short and quotable pithy sound-bite). I personally disagree with most conclusions and/or ideas, but it's still a good book in that it makes me have to think through these things for myself. The issues discussed are fascinating.