web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:34:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Dave Hickey” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/dave%20hickey Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com The Death and Life of Pagan America: On Dave Hickey, with Daniel Oppenheimer https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/dave-hickey 4fbb0100-3cc5-407f-9d7f-42069a1b9aad Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." 1:42:15 no Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere. Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/ Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable Dave Hickey, art, criticism, beauty, institutions, aesthetics, populism, Robert Mapplethorpe, Las Vegas Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere.

Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/

Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable

]]> Writer Daniel Oppenheimer joins me to discuss his new book on the legendary art critic Dave Hickey, "Far From Respectable." We explore Hickey's case for the continued vitality of beauty as a criterion for thinking about art and culture, his defense of controversial artist Robert Mapplethorpe and simultaneous critique of Mapplethorpe's other defenders, his aesthetic populism, his abandoned project "Pagan America," and the relevance of all of these to the current cultural panorama. We also explore Hickey's critique of institutions alongside the ironic fact that institutions sustained his best work – and what that might mean for current institutional outsiders in the Substack economy and elsewhere.

Daniel's website: http://www.danieloppenheimer.com/

Far From Respectable: https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/oppenheimer-far-from-respectable

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