Disputes over free expression in the arts have always loomed as struggles between creativity and repression, transgression and outrage, candor and hypocrisy. But while high-profile shootouts at art museums and less visible skirmishes at schools, libraries, and theaters persist, overt censorship is no longer the only, or the most dire, threat to free expression. On the one hand, society has become more accepting of provocative imagery, with media conglomerates often leading the way in the depreciation of taboos. On the other hand, artists, while enjoying some unprecedented liberties, are hemmed in by new constraints that often fall beyond the range of First Amendment protection. The current terrain bears little resemblance to the culture wars of a decade ago, much less to what the First Amendment's Framers could have imagined. And since Sept. 11, 2001, the frontlines of the free-expression debate have been shifting once again. Based on a Columbia University conference organized by the National Arts Journalism Program, The New Gatekeepers explores the reconfigured ranks of those who decide what the public gets to see, hear and read, from struggles over intellectual property and copyright, to continuing debates about acceptable and offensive content in the cultural marketplace, to the less visible biases of the arts funding system. This heavily illustrated book also includes a historical overview of censorship and contributions by 40 scholars, artists, experts and journalists from around the United States. Discussed and participating artists include Edouard Manet, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Serra, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Andres Serrano, Carolee Schneemann, Dread Scott, Gran Fury, Joel-Peter Witkin, Kara Walker, Jock Sturges, Chris Ofili, and Tom Sachs.

The New Gatekeepers: Emerging Challenges to Free Expression in the Arts

Arts & Photography

Menand, Louis

Manet, Édouard

Walker, Kara

Schneemann, Carolee

Mann, Charles

HIRST, Damien

Newman, Roger

SERRA, Richard

Chapman, Jake

Brenson, Michael

Koons, Jeff

Becker, Carol

Sunstein, Cass

Ofili, Chris

RODIN, Auguste

Sachs, Tom

Adler, Amy

Cahill, Timothy

Gurstein, Rochelle

Tepper, Steven

Godfrey, Marian

Chapman, Dinos

Ferguson, Laura

Scott, Dread

Serrano, Andres

History & Criticism

National Arts Journalism Program

A progressive and uncompromising work that merges fiction and theory to create an intense yet gloriously deviant look at the world through the eyes of controversial Brit-artist, Jake Chapman (of the Chapman Brothers). With protagonists who-like his mutated Nike-wearing child mannequins-exhibit similar aberrations, Chapman engages with Freudian theory, genetic engineering and consumerism, to create a highly original and intellectually stimulating work that is as challenging and confrontational as any of his acclaimed works of art.

Meatphysics

Creation Books

Tell me who you are

Jake and Eva Chapman

Published on the occasion of exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Grazer Kunstverein and Kunst-Werke Berlin.

Chapmanworld

Distributed Art Pub Inc

Sam Taylor-Wood

O'Pray, Michæl

Individual Artists

Art Books Intl Ltd

An original history of nonconsensual collaboration between artists, from Francis Picabia to Maurizio Cattelan 
From cannibalistic acts of modification or alteration of another’s work to the hijacking of authorship through the addition of a signature, to occasions when the identities of artists or their creations are confused, this innovative history traces acts of artistic modification from Dada to the present. 
Whether examining a drawing by Pablo Picasso signed as Henri Matisse, or a coffee table executed by Martin Kippenberger using a painting by Gerhard Richter as its surface, Bad Manners raises questions about the nature of artistic authorship, standards of collegial etiquette, plagiarism and ownership. 
Bad Manners is thoroughly and unmistakably an endeavor by British art provocateur Jake Chapman, and features a conversation between the artist and curator Yuval Etgar. 
Artists include: Jean (Hans) Arp, Enrico Baj, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul Cezanne, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marcel Duchamp, Wade Guyton, Richard Hamilton, David Hammons, Keith Haring, Georg Herold, Martin Kippenberger, Sherrie Levine, René Magritte, Man Ray, Édouard Manet, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Jean Tinguely and Francesco Vezzoli.

Bad Manners: On the Creative Potential of Modifying Other Artists’ Work

Etgar, Yuval

Ridinghouse/Luxembourg + Co., London

A riotous new take on a classic fictional dystopia, with an all-you-can-eat quinoa buffet of wrongthink. With 2+2=5, George Orwell's flawed masterpiece finally receives a much-needed rectification, as Jake Chapman takes us on a bad trip into an atrocious alt-Eurasia--a nightmare utopia of 24/7 self-expression, mandatory wellbeing, yogic breathing, and promiscuous empathy. Yippie wonks in open-toed sandals have ejected the evil capitalist overlords, compassion and charity reign supreme, buckwheat salad and artisan cashew cheese are in plentiful supply, and all strive to live their best life, all the time. Employed by the Ministry to rectify misfortunes issuing from a curious glitch in the system, Winston Smith finds that his creative urges are unexpectedly awoken, and he is driven to express his deepest place, voice, and hurt through the medium of poetry. But what connects Winston's furtive scribblings in My Big Book of Me to the unpleasantnesses emanating from the deep glitch? Is Julia really the perfect kooky carefree soulmate she seems to be? Can O'Brien be trusted? And when does the new season of Big Brother start? An all-you-can-eat quinoa buffet of wrongthink, Chapman's twisted vision is a bracing reminder that dystopia is just wishful thinking, and that the worst can always get worster.

2+2=5 (Urbanomic / K-Pulp)

Urbanomic

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