Alana Jelinek is an artist and theorist about the definition, role and value of art in society. Her PhD, across fine art and history of art, was in 'Art as a Democratic Act: the interplay of content and context in contemporary art', which drew on Tate Modern's first 6 years to explore the negative impact of neoliberal government policies on artistic and curatorial practice and values. Her antithesis became 'This is Not Art: Activism and Other Not Art' (I.B. Tauris 2013), which was followed by 'Between Discipline and a Hard Place: The Value of Contemporary Art' (Bloomsbury 2020). She continues to make art that is sometimes socially engaged and participatory, sometimes sole-authored.

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