Abstract
“The (In)Visibility of Capital. Reflections on Film, Lukacs, and Contemporary Critical Realism” presents critical reflections on the possibility of a contemporary concept of aesthetic realism in connection with two photo artists and filmmakers, Edward Burtynsky and Allan Sekula, both concerned with globalization, the exploitation of the earth, labor, and global capital in their work. The basic question connected with their work is whether it is possible to represent the real abstractions of capital and the effects of global capital in images, photography, and other works of art. Lotz argues that Burtynsky’s work ultimately mystifies reality and falls back onto a subjective aesthetical position and discusses the possibility of renewing Lukacs’ concept of realism and mimesis for contemporary critical aesthetics.
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