Critical Marxism in Art and Design is a theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between capitalism, power, and artistic practices. The defining characteristics include:
1. Anti-capitalist stance: Critical Marxism in Art and Design seeks to challenge the dominant capitalist system and its effects on cultural production, consumption, and distribution.
2. Emphasis on class struggle: The movement acknowledges the unequal distribution of power and resources and the resulting class struggles within society and cultural production.
3. Focus on materiality: The movement emphasizes the materiality of art and design, especially in relation to its production, circulation, and consumption.
4. Critique of ideology: The movement analyzes the ways in which dominant ideologies are constructed and perpetuated through cultural production and consumption.
5. Emphasis on social change: Critical Marxism in Art and Design aims to challenge oppressive power structures and promote social change through artistic and design practices.
Overall, the movement seeks to use critical thinking and artistic practices to expose and resist the ways in which power, money, and ideology influence art and design in capitalist societies.
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