%0 Journal Article %A Janez STREHOVEC %D 2023 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology %@ 2065-5002 %N 2 %V 18 %T Art State, Art Activism and Expanded Concept of Art %R 10.3726/CUL022021.0003 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1377627 %X Contemporary post-aesthetic art implies an expanded concept of the work of art that also includes political functions. Beuys’s concept of social sculpture and Marcuse’s idea of society as a work of art can be complemented by Abreu’s project of a musical orchestra as a social ideal (the Venezuelan example of the music and education project El Sistema) and the Neue Slowenische Kunst transnational state formed from the core of art. These concepts are close to the views of Hakim Bey (Temporary Autonomous Zone), with D’Annunzio also touching upon them with his State of Fiume (1919 %K art state, art activism, utopia, expanded concept of politics, subversive affirmation, civil society, art as research