Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice
Author J.F. Martel pits art against artifice to remind us how important, transformative, and strange the experience of artistic works can be, despite the fact that powerful cultural and social forces continue to tell us otherwise. Feeding the ongoing debate about the nature and purpose of art, he speaks to the negative effects of advertising, propoganda, and "infotainment" on our democratic ideals and freedom of thought.