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What Art Does : An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette Adriaanse (2025, Hardcover)

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Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.

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PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated

ISBN-100571395511

ISBN-139780571395514

eBay Product ID (ePID)15072593870

Product Key Features

Book TitleWhat Art Does : an Unfinished Theory

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCriticism & Theory, Individual Composer & Musician, Creativity

Publication Year2025

GenreMusic, Art, Self-Help

AuthorBrian Eno, Bette Adriaanse

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length6.3 in

Item Width4.4 in

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Reviews"A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto." - David Shariatmadari, Guardian "Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us." - Viv Albertine "Idea-rich. . .as visually engaging as it is intellectually stimulating." - Kirkus "A work of art. . .explains the role of art in individual wellbeing and bringing communities together in tumultuous times." - Daily Mirror "Remarkable for its ability to render sophisticated and sometimes slippery ideas in clear, accessible language. . .The most powerful ideas here present art as conduit to community, as a way to be vulnerable, to surrender. . .This is a beautiful book." - Peter Murphy , Irish Times "Light but never lightweight. . .An upbeat audit of ideas about art's wider purpose and potential, mercifully free of scholarly didacticism or convolution." - David Shepherd , Mojo "Art--as a field of work and study and as a matter of qualitative rather than quantitative value--is threatened, misunderstood and undervalued. No doubt this is because art is not an obvious form of self-advancement--it doesn't make you thinner or, except in very rare circumstances, richer. It does, however, improve you, and "What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory" by Brian Eno and Bette A. explains how." - The Wall Street Journal, "A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto." - David Shariatmadari, Guardian "Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us." - Viv Albertine "Idea-rich. . .as visually engaging as it is intellectually stimulating." - Kirkus "A work of art. . .explains the role of art in individual wellbeing and bringing communities together in tumultuous times." - Daily Mirror "Remarkable for its ability to render sophisticated and sometimes slippery ideas in clear, accessible language. . .The most powerful ideas here present art as conduit to community, as a way to be vulnerable, to surrender. . .This is a beautiful book." - Peter Murphy , Irish Times "Light but never lightweight. . .An upbeat audit of ideas about art's wider purpose and potential, mercifully free of scholarly didacticism or convolution." - David Shepherd , Mojo "Art--as a field of work and study and as a matter of qualitative rather than quantitative value--is threatened, misunderstood and undervalued. No doubt this is because art is not an obvious form of self-advancement--it doesn't make you thinner or, except in very rare circumstances, richer. It does, however, improve you, and What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette A. explains how." - The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating little book." - GQ "[A] slim, lively volume that takes no more than a couple hours to read, yet draws from decades of experience making and considering art and comes up with a complex and genuinely subversive set of ideas that feels, in our current political moment, like it arrived at just the right time." - Arc, "A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto." - David Shariatmadari, Guardian "Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us." - Viv Albertine "Idea-rich. . .as visually engaging as it is intellectually stimulating." - Kirkus "A work of art. . .explains the role of art in individual wellbeing and bringing communities together in tumultuous times." - Daily Mirror "Remarkable for its ability to render sophisticated and sometimes slippery ideas in clear, accessible language. . .The most powerful ideas here present art as conduit to community, as a way to be vulnerable, to surrender. . .This is a beautiful book." - Peter Murphy , Irish Times "Light but never lightweight. . .An upbeat audit of ideas about art's wider purpose and potential, mercifully free of scholarly didacticism or convolution." - David Shepherd , Mojo "Art--as a field of work and study and as a matter of qualitative rather than quantitative value--is threatened, misunderstood and undervalued. No doubt this is because art is not an obvious form of self-advancement--it doesn't make you thinner or, except in very rare circumstances, richer. It does, however, improve you, and What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette A. explains how." - The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating little book." - GQ, "A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto." - David Shariatmadari, Guardian "Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us." - Viv Albertine "Idea-rich. . .as visually engaging as it is intellectually stimulating." - Kirkus "A work of art. . .explains the role of art in individual wellbeing and bringing communities together in tumultuous times." - Daily Mirror "Remarkable for its ability to render sophisticated and sometimes slippery ideas in clear, accessible language. . .The most powerful ideas here present art as conduit to community, as a way to be vulnerable, to surrender. . .This is a beautiful book." - Peter Murphy , Irish Times Light but never lightweight. . .An upbeat audit of ideas about art's wider purpose and potential, mercifully free of scholarly didacticism or convolution." - David Shepherd , Mojo, "A lifetime's worth of practical wisdom and reflection. The result is a kind of joyous manifesto." - David Shariatmadari, Guardian "Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s I wasn't afraid of Art even though my family was poor and undereducated and knew nothing about it. I was excited and wanted to join in, even to be part of contemporary art-making. I lost that confidence along the way. Became scared of Art, felt excluded by it. Reading What Art Does, has helped me regain that confidence by reminding me we're all making art all the time. That Art is for us and by us." - Viv Albertine

Synopsis"Really delightful." --Ezra Klein Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future., Legendary artist Brian Eno and writer/visual artist Bette Adriaanse present a major new work exploring the meaning and purpose of art. Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future., What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us. How it creates communities, opens our worlds, and can transform us. Curious and playful, richly illustrated, full of ideas and life, it is an inspiring call to imagine a different future.