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The Cute


  • Whitechapel Gallery (T & H)
  • by Sianne Ngai
The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and contemporary art, and on the vast range of cultural practices and discourses on which artists draw. From robots and cat videos to ice cream socials, The Cute explores the ramifications of an aesthetic 'of' or 'about' minorness - or what is perceived to be diminutive, subordinate, and above all, unthreatening - on the shifting forms and contents of art today.

ISBN 9780854882984 | EN | PB
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Publisher Whitechapel Gallery (T & H)
ISBN 9780854882984
Author(s) Sianne Ngai
Publication date March 2022
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 210 x 145 mm
Pages 240
Language(s) English ed.
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The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and contemporary art, and on the vast range of cultural practices and discourses on which artists draw. From robots and cat videos to ice cream socials, The Cute explores the ramifications of an aesthetic 'of' or 'about' minorness - or what is perceived to be diminutive, subordinate, and above all, unthreatening - on the shifting forms and contents of art today. This anthology is the first of its kind to show how contemporary artists have worked on and transformed the cute, and in ways that not only complexify its meaning, but reshape their own artistic practices.