Articles of ‘Pop Culture versus High Art’

Push to Flush: Pop Culture Versus High Art (Reflections about an Undialectical Dialectics)

Push to Flush: Pop Culture Versus High Art (Reflections about an Undialectical Dialectics)

By Paco Barragán
First capitalism took over pop culture, and now it has taken hold after years of high art. Defining culture can be very complex and contradictory (William Raymond’s definition is still valid), so I depart from an expanded notion that includes both high and low artistic expressions.
If we accept that pre-modern times [...]