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Creativity And Political Identification In The Work Of Herbert Read, David Thistlewood
Creativity And Political Identification In The Work Of Herbert Read, David Thistlewood
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
The idea of a class conflict, in which a powerful minority subjugates the majority among other ways by depriving it of any sense of self-esteem deriving from worthwhile, original work - that is, by suppressing its creativity - was something Herbert Read acquired through his youthful involvement in the late stages of the Arts and Crafts Movement. It was a premise he was never seriously to question, as was the corresponding idea that to assert one's right to be creative was to engage in a political act. He was certain that artistic conventions were the means of suppression, and that …