Olivia Laing: Art is Political

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Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency is more than just a collection of Olivia Laing’s essays over decades. Ranging from interviews and profiles to reflections and confessionals, Laing’s characteristic generosity of spirit and optimism of purpose inspires hope in the midst of the unsettling weather of the present emergency. But this book is also a manifesto for the power, the value and the need for art: ‘Art is… political in the sense of being available as a tool for protest and activism… but it’s also political in that it continually offers new perspectives, new ways of seeing, other consciousnesses with which to view reality.’

Talking with Fiona Bradley, Director of the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, Laing unpacks our political, emotional and creative selves, drawing us in to her career-spanning conversations with art, with artists, and with herself. Part of the 2020 Edinburgh International Book Festival Online.
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I am reading this wonderful book now. One of my favourite writers. She introduced me to the brilliant David Wojnarowicz for which I will be forever grateful. ❤️

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