NÉstor GarcÍa Canclini is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Universidad AutÓnoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. Born in Argentina, he has lived in Mexico for many years. He is an anthropologist and cultural critic originally trained as a philosopher. Among the many books that he has written, those available in English are Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity, Consumers and Citizens: Globalization and Multicultural Conflict, Transforming Modernity: Popular Culture in Mexico, and Imagined Globalization, which is published by Duke University Press.

"NÉstor GarcÍa Canclini’s Art beyond Itself is an addition to the literature that believes that art and artistic movements may be understood 'only in connection with social processes' (p. xi). It examines how artistic projects become part of other logics (e.g., the market, the media, politics, social movements) and how art is modified in the process." - Nigel Rapport (American Anthropologist) "Garcia Canclini’s insightful study crosses disciplinary divides and hence will appeal to scholars in the social sciences and humanities from a wide range of academic backgrounds. Anthropologists, sociologists, art historians and cultural critics, particularly those focused on Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, have much to gain from reading this book. Literary critics, historians, philosophers and economists whose interests rest in contemporary aesthetics and the art market will also find value in this study." - Resha Cardone (The Latin Americanist) "Art Beyond Itself...probes art’s struggles to redefine itself in a globalized world in which previously discrete categories of aesthetic and social experience are ever more blurred. With this book GarcÍa Canclini, one of Latin America’s foremost intellectuals, both expands his already considerable presence for English-speaking audiences and provides a powerful new analytical approach to contemporary art." - Robin Adèle Greeley (Critical Inquiry)

• Illustrations ix Preface. Art beyond Itself xi Acknowledgments xxv 1. Aesthetics and Social Sciences: Converging Doubts 1 3. Reappropriating Objects: Art, Marketing, or Culture? 59 4. Putting a Value on Art: Between the Market and Politics 83 5. Unsure Localizations 101 6. The Death of Public Space: Survival Tactics 129 7. How Society Makes Art 151 Epilogue 175 Works Cited 187 Index 197

NÉstor GarcÍa Canclini is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Universidad AutÓnoma Metropolitana in Mexico City. Born in Argentina, he has lived in Mexico for many years. He is an anthropologist and cultural critic originally trained as a philosopher. Among the many books that he has written, those available in English are Hybrid Cultures: Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity, Consumers and Citizens: Globalization and Multicultural Conflict, Transforming Modernity: Popular Culture in Mexico, and Imagined Globalization, which is published by Duke University Press.

"NÉstor GarcÍa Canclini’s Art beyond Itself is an addition to the literature that believes that art and artistic movements may be understood 'only in connection with social processes' (p. xi). It examines how artistic projects become part of other logics (e.g., the market, the media, politics, social movements) and how art is modified in the process." - Nigel Rapport (American Anthropologist) "Garcia Canclini’s insightful study crosses disciplinary divides and hence will appeal to scholars in the social sciences and humanities from a wide range of academic backgrounds. Anthropologists, sociologists, art historians and cultural critics, particularly those focused on Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, have much to gain from reading this book. Literary critics, historians, philosophers and economists whose interests rest in contemporary aesthetics and the art market will also find value in this study." - Resha Cardone (The Latin Americanist) "Art Beyond Itself...probes art’s struggles to redefine itself in a globalized world in which previously discrete categories of aesthetic and social experience are ever more blurred. With this book GarcÍa Canclini, one of Latin America’s foremost intellectuals, both expands his already considerable presence for English-speaking audiences and provides a powerful new analytical approach to contemporary art." - Robin Adèle Greeley (Critical Inquiry)

• Illustrations ix Preface. Art beyond Itself xi Acknowledgments xxv 1. Aesthetics and Social Sciences: Converging Doubts 1 3. Reappropriating Objects: Art, Marketing, or Culture? 59 4. Putting a Value on Art: Between the Market and Politics 83 5. Unsure Localizations 101 6. The Death of Public Space: Survival Tactics 129 7. How Society Makes Art 151 Epilogue 175 Works Cited 187 Index 197